>> "Can be downloaded and installed" does not mean "legal".
>
> Adobe will find it very hard to convince a judge/jury that someone
> downloading that software from their own site should have known they
> needed to already own or buy a license. Unless it states something
> obvious when you install it (not just in amongst a million lines of EULA).
>
> It's common practise for software companies to release old versions of
> their software for free after a certain amount of time, why would
> someone visiting that page think otherwise? The judge would argue that
> it would have taken only a few moments to add something like "You must
> own a license before downloading" to that page, yet they didn't/haven't.

Indeed. It would take mere seconds to add a large disclaimer to the top 
of the page saying under what conditions it is legal to use this 
software. And yet, they have made no attempt to do so - even though 
several of their employees are apparently aware of the misinformation 
storming the Internet...

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