I would like to hold off on my agreeing to the terms and conditions if the work is to be made collaborative or assigned to other people, can I change this now so that it isn't taken over ("improved") in this developmental stage?

Report · Nov 11, 2014

So after conversion can anyone go through my work.. I'd rather they didn't and I want to download them but retain the copyright from the time of upload and conversion. Is this a problem? I agreed haphazardly without fully thinking it through. I don't fully understand what they mean when in terms and conditions they make it available for editing by their people and or the improvement of for others. Is this joint ownership in this regard. I really like that I have this service for copyrighting my work. Other means seemed awkward.

Secondly, are artworks and designs safe also, might they be protected by just having them in my organiser. I generally save them to my PC hard-drive elsewhere. Just wondering is it advised for copyright protection means!

Report · Nov 11, 2014

Hi liam anthony dalton,

I checked your account, and it looks like you just purchased an Adobe PDF Pack subscription. Is it the terms and conditions of PDF Pack that you're referring to?

Your files are secure in your Acrobat.com account, and are only accessible by you, unless you decide to share them with others. Converting your files doesn't lead to joint ownership--you decide when or if you want to share the files. (I'm not sure exactly what you read, but it sounds to me like it's just a description of how the service works.)

I hope I've helped to allay your concerns. If you would like to send me a link to the terms that you agreed to, I can speak more directly to your concerns.

Best,

Sara

Report · Nov 11, 2014

Dear Sara,

I refer to section 3 and the second part thereof. I am unclear as to the licence requirement. I am a graduate of Sculpture and Multi-media, degree level 7 at HETAC level. This is European recognised qualification. Perhaps this is enough or perhaps I will require a further qualification?

3.2 Licenses to Your Content in Order to Operate the Services. We require certain licenses from you to your content to operate and enable the Services. When you upload content to the Services, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, sub-licensable, and transferrable license to use, reproduce, publicly display, distribute, modify (so as to better showcase your content, for example), publicly perform, and translate the content as needed in response to user driven actions (such as when you choose to store privately or share your content with others). This license is only for the purpose of operating and improving the Services.

I will look at the Services section which I aught have done before now. Sorry for wasting your time.Thanks for you assistance,Yours Sincerely,Liam A. Dalton.

Report · Nov 18, 2014

Dear Sara,

I notice that you didn't reply to my questioning the this ambiguous stipulation of your services being extended to Adobe's rights in the use of my personal content or intellectual and creative property.

When I returned to my "files" section in Adobe Reader where they were transferred to in converting them to PDF they had all been removed. Around 6 projects in progress plus notes and several creative design images in one instance (attached to a writing project). I have access to the files and I am downloading Cloud desktop interface.

Does the interface of Reader in desktop automatically remove them from my online account, making them exclusively offline from here on OR must they be physically removed and so have they been removed by another party?

Finally, since they are made copyright in the conversion, must future files be made uploaded to signify and account for them as made copyright by the process record in my personal account?

Excuse my asking lots of questions. My work has been tampered with in the past and I am excited about this service I can avail of in protecting all of my work.

Yours Sincerely,Liam Anthony Dalton BA, FA

Report · Nov 18, 2014

Hi Mr. Dalton,

When you convert files to PDF, they are automatically stored in your online account at https://cloud.acrobat.com/files, and will remain there until removed (which can be done by you only). Have you checked your line account for the files that you converted?

I think we have have some miscommunication around copyright. The Acrobat.com online services don't provide additional copyright protection of your files--Acrobat.com is an option for storing your files securely online, accessible only by you unless you opt to share them.

Does that help clear things up?

Best,

Sara

Report · Nov 19, 2014

Dear Sara,I notice that you didn't reply to my questioning the this ambiguous stipulation of your services being extended to Adobe's rights in the use of my personal content or intellectual and creative property. When I returned to my "files" section in Adobe Reader where they were transferred to in converting them to PDF they had all been removed. Around 6 projects in progress plus notes and several creative design images in one instance (attached to a writing project). I have access to the files and I am downloading Cloud desktop interface. Does the interface of Reader in desktop automatically remove them from my online account, making them exclusively offline from here onOR must they be physically removed and so have they been removed by another party?Finally, since they are made copyright in the conversion, must future files be made uploaded to signify and account for them as made copyright by the process record in my personal account? Excuse my asking lots of questions. My work has been tampered with in the past and I am excited about this service I can avail of in protecting all of my work.Yours Sincerely,Liam Anthony Dalton BA, FA