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HappyDuckling
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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
gasperv96818613
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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

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    BleachedLizard
    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
      Ned Murphy
      Legend
      October 7, 2013

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

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        HappyDucklingAuthor
        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.

          Jeffrey_A_Wright
          Community Manager
          Jeffrey_A_WrightCommunity Manager
          Community Manager
          October 23, 2013

          I'm just trying to understand what you mean, and also if you yourself know what it sounds like. Not being the experienced user you are, I can't predict how others in this forums will react, but they won't be guilty of any crime other than aiding and abetting legal use of software.

          Well, we are obviously in different social groups. I am merely a young adult and I honestly don't think I know anybody my age(with creative hobbies) that hasn't at some point used pirated software. That's the sad statistics of today. For youth not attending creative studies the adobe programs are simply to expensive to buy, and the pirated copies becomes the only alternative. Adobe arguably does come out of this quite good, since the most of us(at least the ones truly interested) will sooner or later obtain a legal copy(or subscription). Still, I'm not trying to defend the use of illegal software, I just hope you can see that the "pirates" aren't all greedy, lazy, basterds.

          Yes, I guess so. I was just thinking that this is an issue that I'm(from my point of view) clearly not alone in having, so it would be helpful for a lot of people wanting to obtain a legal version. We seem to agree on the matter that adobe would be happy to have people legally acquire their products, so then it should be pretty logical to have an explanation in the open forums.


          HappyDuckling please see Sign in or activation errors | CS6, CS5.5 Subscriptions, CS6 Perpetual - http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/activation-network-issues.html which discusses common network configuration errors which would prevent you from activating the software successfully.

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