the original or the piracy ones?

[gunyu]

hi everyone i wanna ask you ,please answer it honesty^^

Do you have an original version photoshop or the piracy ones?

[bedlam123]

No one is going to answer that question! You never know who is lurking around.

[Man1c M0g]

Originally Posted by bedlam123

No one is going to answer that question! You never know who is lurking around.

To make things easier, I have set up an anonymous poll on this thread. You can now answer this question without your username being clear for all to see.

Please remember, though, that detailed discussion of warez is still prohibited on this board... so no asking for the location of dodgy programs, cracks, etc.

[Advocate]

what's the use if your software is original or pirated? i think it's nonsense...

[bamboozler]

it just brings up a moral debate, since almost everyone at this forum uses photoshop and likes it shouldnt they respectful the company that made it and buy their own copy instead of stealing it?

[bedlam123]

If this was a perfect world, comprised of perfect people, then you would be right. None of us are perfect and we can find all sorts of reasons to justify our actions. Do what you know is right Bamboozler.---bedlam123

[zapphnath]

Just to get in on this conversation, I'll tell you what I read somewhere on this subject:
Abobe have little interest in the guy (or girl) sitting in front of their computers coloring their anime drawings. Their interest is geared more towards the company that'll purchase one copy for $600, then put it on a hundred computers - all of which are being used to make the company money. I suppose that even an individual who makes money with a pirated copy of the software could be under Adobe's scrutiny. It simply wouldn't be cost-effective to try to track down every individual, though. First, they would have to pay someone to try to prove you even have Photoshop (you could come in here talking Photoshop all day and actually be using TheGIMP - which wouldn't be a bad thing), then prove it's illegal, then get their $600 an hour corporate lawyers involved.
All-in-all, I'd say it really doesn't matter much, here.

[Man1c M0g]

Well, to add in my 5p, I'd like to remind people that Adobe have absolutely SILLY savings on offer for students! Just get a signature from one of your tutors and you can get really really good discounts to prices that even a student can afford. I think as Zapphnath says, Adobe is only really interested in charging the big bucks to companies who use their stuff commercially - individual users can get off lightly!

[zapphnath]

Oh, yeah, low-priced ligitimate copies are available all over. Type 'Photoshop' into Google and the whole right side of the screen fills up with ads for the discounted copies.