scott <sco### [at] scottcom> wrote:
> > "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).

They don't have to convince any judge or jury because the law says so.
It doesn't matter *how* you get the software, if you don't have a legal
license, you can't legally use it.

> 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?

It doesn't matter what they think. Ignorance of the law is no excuse.

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                                                          - Warp

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