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[OM] Re: Software piracy. Boo-hoo-hoo.

Subject: [OM] Re: Software piracy. Boo-hoo-hoo.
From: ScottGee1 <scottgee1@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 14:24:52 -0400
Walt, if your son bought and registered the copy he gave you,
ownership can be transferred to you.  See:

http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_15281

Which Mac, BTW?  Apparently not one of the new Intel based ones!

hth/ScottGee1


On 5/10/06, Walt Wayman <hiwayman@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> I know, from previous rants and rages, that some folks here are really touchy 
> on the subject of software piracy.  Some of us who have wasted money on and 
> been ripped of by crappy software aren't nearly as concerned.  Revenge, 
> besides being a dish best served cold, is also sweet.
>
> But, anyway, my son, at the obviously immature and judgmentally impaired age 
> of 41, has switched to the Mac side, and, therefore, had to buy Photoshop CS 
> all over again.  Yesterday, he gave me his PC copy, which I have now 
> installed on my new super Dell.  So, does that make me a pirate?  The 
> recipient of a legitimate gift?  Just part of the family?  A legal Photoshop 
> user?  An asshole?
>
> Don't answer that last one.  But should I try to register and/or download 
> updates?  If they come for me, may I shoot them before they kick in the front 
> door, or do I have to wait until they're inside?
>
> This thing looks too complicated for the simple-minded, anyway.  Too many 
> bells and whistles that, like stems and seeds, are things that I don't need.  
> I have managed to move the scratch files to D, though.  Am I zooming up the 
> learning curve, or what?
>
> Walt
>
> --
> "Anything more than 500 yards from
> the car just isn't photogenic." --
> Edward Weston
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