Adobe sues Forever 21 for pirating Photoshop

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11 points·pzxc··4 comments

I think that, in some sense, this represents an unavoidable consequence of Adobe's "rental only"[1] system of selling their software. While the ability to rent can be a good thing for some users, many people (including businesses), don't want to pay an effectively infinite cost for software.

Now, I'm not advocating piracy here -- the best thing that could happen is that a competing company crops up and knocks down Adobe using good old fashioned competition.

[1]: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/07/photos...

> many people (including businesses), don't want to pay an effectively infinite cost for software.

It's not like Adobe is the only software provider in the world and there's a complete in-existence of competing products.

If you dislike the practices of a company, go to the competition with your money. Committing crimes won't solve your problems in the long run,

> If you dislike the practices of a company, go to the competition with your money. Committing crimes won't solve your problems in the long run,

So, you mean exactly what I wrote in the second paragraph of my original comment? Perhaps you should read entire comments before disagreeing with them.

Apparently this article has been removed after it was published. (And quite sloppy too, because Firefox is detecting a infinite redirect loop after you click the link)

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