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Vanessa0D4C
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September 29, 2020
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Sharing my Adobe Account with a friend

  • September 29, 2020
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Good day everyone!

A friend of mine wants to get his hands on video editing and content creation and so far the free alternatives to Adobe products weren't either that comprehensive or not working out too well. I am a student at a university in Germany and he is living in Spain. Since my subscription allows the usage of Adobe products  (I am using the Adobe CC student subscription plan) on up to 2 computers I would like to offer him to try out Adobe products at his own pace this way and I could teach him a thing or two as well.

Now before I propose that idea to him I wanted to make sure if that is legal and isn't breaking anything from the ToS. What I want to know exactly is the following:

1) Is account sharing in general allowed/legal?

2) If account sharing is allowed, would it work with my current subscription plan and us living in two different countries?

 

I'm looking forward to any replies and hope this is the right place to ask.

-StarInferno

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Hi

From Legal Terms of Use | Adobe

5.2 Misuse. You must not misuse the Services, Software, or content that we provide to you as part of the Services. For example, you must not:

(a) copy, modify, host, stream, sublicense, or resell the Services, Software, or content;

(b) enable or allow others to use the Service, Software, or content using your account information;

 

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Vanessa0D4CAuthor
Participant
September 29, 2020

Thanks a lot for the quick answers! 

Just Shoot Me
Just Shoot Me
Legend
September 29, 2020

What you want to do is ILLEGAL.

 

Tell your friend to Buy his/her own subscription.

 

 

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    cheryl23018424s2lc
    Participant
    February 6, 2022

    There a lot of apps that allow more than one user on the same account, mostly in the same household.

    Adobe are mean spirited to expect every person in a family to purchase seperate Adobe Accounts !!! IMO

     

      try67
      Community Expert
      try67Community Expert
      Community Expert
      February 6, 2022

      The original question was about sharing the subscription with a friend that lives in another country, not another person in the same house as you...
      If you have someone else using your account on your own computer that's not really the same situation at all, and probably falls within the EULA (maybe not technically; I'm not a lawyer!). At any rate, it can't be detected (at least not until activation requires a retinal scan or fingerprint...).

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      Anonymous
      Correct answer
      September 29, 2020

      Hi

      From Legal Terms of Use | Adobe

      5.2 Misuse. You must not misuse the Services, Software, or content that we provide to you as part of the Services. For example, you must not:

      (a) copy, modify, host, stream, sublicense, or resell the Services, Software, or content;

      (b) enable or allow others to use the Service, Software, or content using your account information;

       

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