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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Blaine91555

Participating Frequently

Maybe they've been so busy firing the ones responsible that they haven't gotten around to taking the page down yet. That page has been up a while which is very unusual.

I also don't have any interest in what they're offering because I have more current versions for the ones I'm interested in. I already own Acrobat Pro 8 and Audition 3, but don't use them anymore since I've upgraded.

Some websites are still saying it's free for the taking.

[ again, they are incorrect ]

The forums are filled with statements from Adobe saying it is only for CS2 customers. I think it's a great marketing scheme if it was Adobe's intention to give CS2 away. I don't think it was. I think it was unintentional and now there's no way to stop it.

I think the majority of non-owners will never purchase newer versions while the more serious ones might. Since CS2 is non-upgradeable, many won't want to pay the expensive full-version price tag unless they're in a business where they can afford it.

It's very odd it's still up. I've decided to go with the Cloud. I can easily budget that and that way I can try software I never would otherwise. I just need the wife to let me know which card to use.

I use mainly PS Extended for everything and I've been upgrading that every other version. In fact I bought my wife a copy a couple of versions ago so we could both use it at the same time.

I don't care about creating web stuff. I use it for photography and for images for desktop publishing. I left off with Acrobat at 8 Pro myself as I just don't use it. I have to have Office Pro anyway and it's easy to create there and export as a PDF, so no need anymore.

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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."