On the “Lost eLicenser” thread it is mentioned that at present on new boxed versions sold with a dongle they do a 24 hour temporary license and one can get something similar on dongle loss. I don’t know if they do it already or have it planned but it might be useful requesting that one could temporarily “arm” (via your legit dongle) a laptop for use on locations for 24 hrs or so. Just a thought.
You would need a spare dongle.
Lost USB licenser - Cubase - Steinberg Forums SteveinChicago and Fabio.