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October 7, 2013
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A hypothetical question about a pirated version that might have occured.

  • October 7, 2013
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So … let's say that I - hypothetically - might have used a cracked version of the master collection … once … some time back, and that I now have turned legal and use Creative Cloud instead. How would I remove the activation-blockers that  also blocks the new connections to adobe,  making adobe asking me for a serial number that i don't have?

You know. Hypothetically.

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gasperv96818613
Participant
April 28, 2019

If you come from a country that has an average salary of 200 dollars (and there is plenty of them out here) then everyone is using pirated versions at home. Sometimes even companies can not afford the industry standard software. In rich countries it is the person that costs the company the most in poor countries it is the software that costs the most. So you can imagine that paying 60 per month on a 200 salary is an impossible task but you need things like photoshop to compete with the rest of the world. But people move countries or get better with years and salary increases to the point you actually can afford software you tend to go buy, because we dont want to be criminals and we would like to return to the companies that "gave us" this opportunities. So ye, id say its in the best interest of everyone involved that past deeds are forgotten and people that want to buy and use the programs should be helped by other users and staff members in any way possible.

Sorry for the grammar errors, obviously i am not a native English speaker

Cheers

Participant
December 5, 2019

Completely agree with Gasperv and HappyDuckling - there's no reason not to help, and HappyDuckling is doing the right thing in this instance.  Though unfortunately I don't know the answer to this problem, so this is just a post of moral support!

Ned Murphy
Legend
October 7, 2013

I doubt anyone is going to try to assist you with your hypothetical problem.

Participant
October 7, 2013

Why?

I know that the issue clearly is a result of illegal pirate versions, but it would certainly be in adobes best interest to tell ex-pirates how to go legal. Refusing to help would just make it harder to do things legally - and that just seems stupid to me. No offense.

Ned Murphy
Legend
October 7, 2013

Why would anyone offer to help remove crime scene evidence... especially publicly?  We'll let whoever opts in to help answer that.

While I cannot speak for Adobe, I doubt any pirate (ex?) needs to be told how to go legal.  Doing things legally is not hard at all... it's the illegal approach that gets you where you are today... hypothetically of course.