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 p.12 #14 · Adobe kills standalone software | |
Peter Figen wrote:
It's exactly the same as someone licensing a photograph to use for an advertisement or CD cover or whatever. They don't own the photo, just the license to use it for that intended purpose. Adobe is changing the way they license their software - the software that they own the copyright to. They have every right to do that and you have every right to vote with your pocketbook and use a competing product. If you can find one.
While I agree with the fact that software licensing, as per the EULA, state that you don't own the software, I think there are several things that differentiate it from this latest model. First off, you can "own" a copy of the software, and put it on a piece of hardware of your choice. Right now I'm staring at a boxed version of CS1, sitting on my shelf. If I wanted to, I can go on ebay tonight, get a G5, and install that software, and basically have the same setup as I did 5 years ago. I can also go on craigslist, make an add about this copy of CS1 I have, and tomorrow I can hand it to someone in exchange for some (small) sum of cash. I can also (and given the latest news from Adobe, the most likely thing to happen) open the box up, use the manual to start a fire in my fire pit, and use the CDs as coasters. This is the point of ownership, and not having a virtual rental.
The analogy with photography you gave is close, but there is a better example- prints. From what I've seen of your work in the forums, you are probably the de facto expert in scanning (some of your work is beautiful, BTW) with Howtek drum scanners, and I would assume printing goes hand in hand with a good scan. In the old Adobe model, a customer would come to you, look at your work and buy a print, should they choose. They can then go home, put it up on their wall, and have it hang there for generations. Yes the picture was still technically yours, but they had print that was theirs to enjoy on the wall, put in the attic, burn it or sell it. Under CC, it's like you're renting a digital frame- they can have this picture, as long as they continue to pay the monthly bill. When they skip a payment, not only does the picture disappear, but the digital frame enters a self-destruction sequence, so you can't sell it for scrap metal.
This is just a shitshow on Adobe's part. I use three of their designer premium applications on a daily basis, and I'm actually rooting that Apple or Phase One would either expand the capabilities of Aperture/Capture1, or develop some alternative to PS (though I still have a boxed copy of Shake for compositing... which I own... and can install on my computer whenever I want).
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