> I am not a lawyer, however... I've seen plenty of systems which have
> written all over them "this is a secure system for use by authorised
> employees of [company X] only". Apparently this is legally required so
> that if somebody hacks in, they can't say "oh, I didn't know it was
> restricted".
>
> So yes, apparently ignorance /is/ a valid defence. At least under UK
> law; I imagine this varies wildly by country.

In fact you could well sue Adobe for deceptive selling or some such if 
they do want you to pay for it. Similar to companies that give you stuff 
misleading you to think it is free, then you get a series of hefty bills 
- that's illegal.

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