Is adobe allowing free downloads of PS CS 2? NO.

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January 11, 2013
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I heard this in an illustration class I am taking, with some people claiming they have downloaded the program. I can't believe this is true.....somebody please advise. Thanks in advance.

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Correct answer J453

"Effective December 13, Adobe disabled the activation server for CS2 products and Acrobat 7 because of a technical glitch. These products were released over 7 years ago and do not run on many modern operating systems. But to ensure that any customers activating those old versions can continue to use their software, we issued a serial number directly to those customers. While this might be interpreted as Adobe giving away software for free, we did it to help our customers."

Noel Carboni

Legend

Doesn't anyone care to do what's legal and right if they're not absolutely forced to do so? Is this the generation we've raised?

If I leave my car parked with the windows open will the folks who feel "Photoshop is now free" come by and steal what they can?

What's wrong with these people?

-Noel

station_two

Inspiring

Noel Carboni wrote:
....If I leave my car parked with the windows open will the folks who feel "Photoshop is now free" come by and steal what they can?...

Sure they will.

Noel Carboni wrote:
...What's wrong with these people?

They're thieves, plain and simple.

Chris Cox

Legend

No, there are no free downloads. The downloads are there for people who bought CS2 and have a valid license.

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Blaine91555

Participating Frequently

FYI - but then you likely know. I just ran into this on another forum where they still think it is free. Oddly the serial numbers are still there for anyone who want's them on one of Adobe's pages anyone can go to. Why would you leave them up, that it pretty strange after all these days. Adobe must not care much

Does not matter to me as I own the latest version, but you can't blame anyone who does not come to this forum for thinking Adobe was just advertising. My first thought was you were using obsolete software to attract new customers.

Don't you think Adobe should remove the serials from a publicly accessible page after this many days? Anyone who does download it not knowing is completely innocent of any wrong doing considering you can't be bothered to hide the serial numbers don't ya think You sure this is not an advertising gimmick? Sure looks like one. Adobe would be wrong to not use it as one now. Woop's we messed up, but hey we decided to go ahead and let people have it anyway, would be a great advertising ploy.

What do ya expect, I'm in Marketing Never let a good mistake go to waste; use it to sell more product. Do your marketing people know this little gem is just sitting there waiting to be exploited?

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Anonymous

FYI - but then you likely know. I just ran into this on another forum where they still think it is free. Oddly the serial numbers are still there for anyone who want's them on one of Adobe's pages anyone can go to. Why would you leave them up, that it pretty strange after all these days. Adobe must not care much

In fact Adobe does care about its intellectual property.; It is the adobe staff who don't care because they are just misinforming the public that it is not free. This is completely false because CS2 is a very old product and Adobe has decided to give it away because the product may not run on Windows 7 or Windows 8.

[admin: no, that is incorrect, it is not free, as you have been told repeatedly ]

I don't use CS2 so I have no interest in it but Adobe Staff posting here should take advise from their supervisors before posting anything rubbish again.

[ the staff posting here have stated the case correctly: CS2 is posted for owners of CS2, not for free download by those who have not purchased a license for CS2 ]

It is free and enjoy them whilst you can because your old machine may not last longer than the CS2 downloads.

[ please read the previous postings by staff reminding you that it is NOT free ]

You Google for CS2 and all the websites are saying it is free.

[websites claim all sorts of conspiracy theories that are easily disproven ]

Some of these websites are maintained by professional writers and commentators on technology matters who gets information from the top and the marketing people of various companies.

[ and who failed to check their facts ]

I believe, Microsoft has distributed its Expression Web 4 free of charge and next year (after April 8th 2014) Windows XP will be distributed free of charge as a download. XP is more than 10 years old now.

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J453Correct answer

Legend

"Effective December 13, Adobe disabled the activation server for CS2 products and Acrobat 7 because of a technical glitch. These products were released over 7 years ago and do not run on many modern operating systems. But to ensure that any customers activating those old versions can continue to use their software, we issued a serial number directly to those customers. While this might be interpreted as Adobe giving away software for free, we did it to help our customers."