And also what you got to remember this product can be used on its own (even without serato). If you would like to run visuals, clipbanks, and some of the various other functions. What if you just want to run a camera feed into a program to display on screens with overlays and messages etc. I'd dare say ME is one of the better programs for 'visual' work alone. As with every major piece of software, you can download a demo version to see if you like it and suits what you need for the application you want to apply it for. It states the specifications required to run it, and also states that 2.0 will not currently work with versions of 2.4 and above. If none of the features/specs or anything else you are unsure about, there is a simple solution. Don't buy it. Ever since the issue come up Nick has been informative (to the best of his ability and legally) to let users know about the situation. So in my eyes thats more customer support regarding a 'video' product more than serato had released over the last few months. If serato wanted to be real arses about things, they could order Nick to remove all mentions about scratch live in any material nick has in place. In my eyes originally it was seen as serato had completely shut the door on ME, but Nick has stated that they are still in talks. Surely that should be enough to go on for the time been, as at least its progress into a solution what people require. Hats off to Nick and what he does, but it also the responsibility of 'You', 'me' or anybody else to do research into a product before just simply going out and buying it.