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RUMOR: Adobe may be revoking your right to use older versions of their CC apps
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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 700760" data-attributes="member: 9240"><p>OK, so there's been a lot of information coming in around this and it has less to do with what I thought it might (compatibility between software releases) and more to do with 3rd party software, like Dolby Noise Reduction, that is integrated directly within the Adobe CC product set - software that has been legally licensed for use by Adobe under strict terms for a fixed period of time. To use the version of that software in an Adobe product <strong><em>after</em></strong> the terms of their agreement with Adobe is over constitutes an illegal use of the software, and <strong><em>that</em></strong> is what they're covering their asses over. Because while you have the legal right to use all the old Adobe stuff that you paid a subscription for you <em>don't</em> have the right to use the 3rd party stuff for which a license agreement has expired.</p><p></p><p>I suspect this will impact graphic artists and video folks more significantly than photographers. For me, I keep the old stuff around in case there's a step that I can do more effectively with a tool that is either no longer available in the current version of Photoshop, or with an old piece of software that I am licensed to use but will no longer function with the current CC version. I see neither of these cases as violations, and given that I will likely be starting and ending whatever I am doing on the photo (or maybe video) in the latest version I suspect there's no way for anyone to know. So as long as Adobe doesn't mandate the removal of the software from my machine (which it doesn't seem they will do) then at least I'm OK with it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 700760, member: 9240"] OK, so there's been a lot of information coming in around this and it has less to do with what I thought it might (compatibility between software releases) and more to do with 3rd party software, like Dolby Noise Reduction, that is integrated directly within the Adobe CC product set - software that has been legally licensed for use by Adobe under strict terms for a fixed period of time. To use the version of that software in an Adobe product [B][I]after[/I][/B] the terms of their agreement with Adobe is over constitutes an illegal use of the software, and [B][I]that[/I][/B] is what they're covering their asses over. Because while you have the legal right to use all the old Adobe stuff that you paid a subscription for you [I]don't[/I] have the right to use the 3rd party stuff for which a license agreement has expired. I suspect this will impact graphic artists and video folks more significantly than photographers. For me, I keep the old stuff around in case there's a step that I can do more effectively with a tool that is either no longer available in the current version of Photoshop, or with an old piece of software that I am licensed to use but will no longer function with the current CC version. I see neither of these cases as violations, and given that I will likely be starting and ending whatever I am doing on the photo (or maybe video) in the latest version I suspect there's no way for anyone to know. So as long as Adobe doesn't mandate the removal of the software from my machine (which it doesn't seem they will do) then at least I'm OK with it. [/QUOTE]
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