![]() ![]() ![]() This is likely a move to force Adobe to settle out of court, or risk losing face in the public eye. 4, lines 1-7ĭolby is seeking a jury trial for claims of copyright infringement and breach of contract. Selling products which use Dolby technology without any license at allĭolby Court Filing p.Dishonest use of Dolby technology in Creative Suite products.Failure to pay royalties on customer upgrades.Misreporting of Adobe products in licensing agreements.Only reporting sales when directly asked to provide numbers.Bundling multiple items together and only reporting one sale.Dolby alleges that Adobe has egregiously failed to honor these agreements, provide documentation regarding the fees associated with the agreement, and failed to pay Dolby royalties owed.ĭolby has brought seven claims against Adobe. ![]() In the filings, Dolby outlines gross misconduct by Adobe with regards to the openness of their accounting and record-keeping practices. Adobe apparently determined that it was better to spend years withholding this information from Dolby than to allow Dolby to understand the full scope of Adobe’s contractual breaches. On this count, allegedly, Adobe failed miserably.Īdobe refused to engage in even basic auditing and information sharing practices practices that Adobe itself had demanded of its own licensees. It is common practice - the law, actually - for Adobe to share its records with all third-party providers, in order to ensure all parties are being fairly compensated as outlined in the licensing agreements. In March of 2019, Dolby filed a legal complaint against Adobe for what it deems abuse of licensing agreements between the two companies.ĭolby licenses a number of technologies for use in Adobe’s software and is compensated based upon the number of users using the software. So, are available versions being limited in order to give better support and performance to the current versions, as claimed in the blog post? Or is there a legal motivation underlying the change?Īpple Insiderput together some pieces of the puzzle regarding a possible explanation for the changes to Adobe’s licenses. We cannot comment on claims of third party infringement, as it concerns ongoing litigation.Ĭustomer Service Tweet in response to Twitter user Geoff GaudreaultĪdditional responses on Twitter from the Customer Service team seem to confirm that the change comes “due to a copyright dispute.” Adobe customer support began responding to inquiries, and the responses led many to believe that those continuing to use older versions of the Creative Suite may face legal action for doing so:Ĭustomers who continue to use or deploy unauthorized versions of Creative Cloud may face potential claims of infringement by third parties. So, users promptly took to Twitter to gather more information regarding the notices. This explanation seems more than a little dubious. So, Adobe is claiming the change was made with the end user in mind. There are a few exceptions including (thankfully) Premiere, which goes back 6 versions to 12.1.2 - released in July of 2018.Īdobe posted a terse blog post outlining the reasons for the change:įocusing our efforts on the latest two major releases of Creative Cloud applications, which the vast majority of Adobe customers are already using, will further enable us to develop the features and functionality most requested by customers and ensure peak performance and benefits across Windows and Mac operating systems. For most programs, only the latest two versions are available to download and use. Now the versions available to install and use through the CC app are significantly limited. Until this notice, subscribers to CC were able to install and use versions going as far back as CS 6 - released in 2012. Adobe Customer support informed them that they were no longer licensed to use any versions of the software (not available for download) in the Creative Cloud desktop application. Starting around May 10th, 2019, users of all but the most recent versions of Adobe’s Creative Cloud software began to receive alarming emails. Last week, users of older versions of Adobe Creative Cloud products began receiving emails indicating that they were no longer licensed to use anything but the most recent versions of the software. So, what are the changes, how will it affect you, and what is the cause behind these changes? Adobe is changing what software you can and can’t use. ![]()
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