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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday May 15 2019, @02:57PM   Printer-friendly
from the indemnification-my-backside dept.

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.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 15 2019, @08:14PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 15 2019, @08:14PM (#843958)

    Whenever you need to use Adobe, disconnect from the internet to stop it phoning home. Super inconvenient but better than a lawyer letter.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 16 2019, @01:54AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 16 2019, @01:54AM (#844071)

    I've got a friend who has a hard drive that never connects to the net. It has made sure old software keeps running, for a non-techie I was pretty impressed by that dedication.

    The new model is using updates to break old software and force new purchases. Scum of scum.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 16 2019, @06:30AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 16 2019, @06:30AM (#844156)

    Or run it in a VM that's not given a virtual network adapter.

    Bonus with a VM - you can move the VM file around and it's like a portable app.

    Goddess, how I wish more proprietary devs released software as portable apps the way that PuTTY and a few others do. Makes me MUCH more willing to pay for the closed binary, knowing I can move and use it without needing some "install" process to hook it into the OS.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 16 2019, @09:05AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 16 2019, @09:05AM (#844186)

      Goddess, how I wish more proprietary devs released software as portable apps the way that PuTTY and a few others do.

      there is software out there to turn non-portable apps into portable ones, I used Spoon Studio a few years ago to turn a copy of Enroute (CAD/CAD/CNC) we were using at work into a portable app.
      The current favourite tool for doing this seems to be something called Cameyo, never tried it though (hardly use windows anymore..).