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Citing ongoing litigation, Adobe is warning its customers of legal problems if they keep using old versions of Creative Cloud apps. It has not stated yet with whom or what it has the dispute, but early indicators suggest that it may be over copyright. Going forward Adobe is only supporting the two most recent versions of its Creative Cloud services.
"Adobe recently discontinued certain older versions of Creative Cloud applications. Customers using those versions have been notified that they are no longer licensed to use them and were provided guidance on how to upgrade to the latest authorized versions," said Adobe in a statement to AppleInsider.
"Unfortunately, customers who continue to use or deploy older, unauthorized versions of Creative Cloud may face potential claims of infringement by third parties. We cannot comment on claims of third-party infringement, as it concerns ongoing litigation."
Instead, users are receiving the equivalent of a cease and desist email, informing them that the apps that they are using are discontinued.
Gimp and Darktable are not perfect replacements but may be close enough for many hobbyists and maybe a handful of professionals.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by Hyperturtle on Wednesday May 15 2019, @04:18PM (3 children)
What a brave new world. Not upgrading will become illegal subject to enforcement by 3rd parties? That's crazy. It's not like they sold stolen property. Punishing the consumer for agreeing to the EULA shouldn't make them financially liable for Adobe's missteps.
The fact people SUBSCRIBE to this software, and actively pay--and are still in violation because of Adobe's ineptness is just mind boggling.
I think the leader of the modern Adobe's Creative Cloud City was right--Billy Dee Williams had once said "This deal's getting worse all the time!"
Hmm, based on my limited research, I believe this video explains the updated EULA and upgrade policy... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpE_xMRiCLE [youtube.com]
This strong-arming to ensure forced upgrades shouldn't be permissible; it is no different than a protection racket shakedown. Nice software you have; it'd be a shame if you, your business, and anything that touched it somehow becomes evidence and your assets frozen to be used as exhibits in a legal case brought against you for rampant policy violations because you didn't read our updated policy on our website which you agreed to adhere to by the very nature of double clicking a desktop icon that launches the software you use daily.
At least Darth Vadar showed up in person to explain the new terms to Billy Dee, right? He didn't send an email to someone's spam folder to explain why customer service is very important so please click here for our new terms.
(Score: 2) by EvilSS on Wednesday May 15 2019, @05:34PM (1 child)
(Score: 3, Insightful) by fyngyrz on Wednesday May 15 2019, @07:37PM
Yes. IP law is badly broken.
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(Score: 2) by fyngyrz on Wednesday May 15 2019, @07:33PM
It's even worse than that. It only takes one click to launch an app from my application dock!
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