A hypothetical question about a pirated version that might have occured.

Report · Oct 07, 2013

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.

Report · Oct 07, 2013

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

Report · Oct 07, 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.

Report · Oct 07, 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.

Report · Oct 07, 2013

So you are saying, Ned, that those who has done something wrong(comitted a crime if you want) should be refused to use the legal version?

I'm not trying to remove crime scene evidence. I can actually be completely honest; I've used an illegal version of the master collection. And I'm not proud of it. But there's many people in my situation, and I can't see how not helping us will help adobe. We are after all the people that at least tries to change and do things legally. Should that be punished?
If Adobe wants to go witch hunting, punishing everyone that has ever used an illegal version of adobe, that's fine by me. But I don't think it would be very wise to punish those who has turned legal.

It seems like you don't know much about those with illegal versions. You see, most of us don't really know that much. We just download a file, with instructions telling us what to do. They do however not tell you how to reverse that effect, and I personally do not have the technical skills to do that on my own. And then doing things leaglly becomes not so easy after all. I'm also guessing that there's plenty of people on this forum that has these techincal skills and knows how to do it.

Hopefully some of them can see that I'm just trying to make things right.

Report · Oct 07, 2013

You should not try to put words in my mouth. I said I doubt anyone will help you... that I doubt anyone (in these forums) would want to chance aiding and abetting.

I don't know anyone that uses software lillegally... so you're right I do not know much about this group of people you seem to want to represent. I don't know how they think nor what their true motives might be with anything they do. If I avoid them I have a better chances of avoiding problems.

If you want to find out how Adobe deals with these matters then you should contact Adobe directly. I have not claimed anything in the way of how they do or should deal in these matters. My guess would be they are happy to have people legally acquire their products.

Report · Oct 07, 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.

Report · Oct 23, 2013

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.

Report · Apr 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

Report · Dec 05, 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!