Comments on: 60% of Photoshop Users are PIRATES! http://blog.epicedits.com/2008/03/28/60-of-photoshop-users-are-pirates/ A Photography Resource for the Aspiring Hobbyist Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:22:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: mittens http://blog.epicedits.com/2008/03/28/60-of-photoshop-users-are-pirates/#comment-83101 mittens Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:55:28 +0000 http://blog.epicedits.com/2008/03/28/60-of-photoshop-users-are-pirates/#comment-83101 I find it amusing to see so many concerned "Adobe should do this and this" comments here. Whatever Adobe is doing is working quite well for them, wouldn't you say? Photoshop is the industry standard, the single most used piece of digital editing software. And professionals have no choice but to shell out the bucks if they want as much as a fighting chance. Adobe doesn't mind having freeloading pirates, they have judged, and rightly so, maintaining industry standard status to be far more valuable. If they really wanted to stop piracy, they would. Think of the drug market-- why yes, it is immoral, and illegal. But if the ones administering the whole mafia weren't making massive amounts of profit, perhaps then we wouldn't have it. Adobe's happy to get a monopoly on the market, amateurs are happy to get their free software, and avid goody-two-shoes get a pat on the head and a warm fuzzy feeling. Everybody wins. So there's really nothing to complain about. I find it amusing to see so many concerned “Adobe should do this and this” comments here. Whatever Adobe is doing is working quite well for them, wouldn’t you say? Photoshop is the industry standard, the single most used piece of digital editing software. And professionals have no choice but to shell out the bucks if they want as much as a fighting chance.
Adobe doesn’t mind having freeloading pirates, they have judged, and rightly so, maintaining industry standard status to be far more valuable.

If they really wanted to stop piracy, they would. Think of the drug market– why yes, it is immoral, and illegal. But if the ones administering the whole mafia weren’t making massive amounts of profit, perhaps then we wouldn’t have it.

Adobe’s happy to get a monopoly on the market, amateurs are happy to get their free software, and avid goody-two-shoes get a pat on the head and a warm fuzzy feeling. Everybody wins.
So there’s really nothing to complain about.

]]> By: 72 Hour Sale http://blog.epicedits.com/2008/03/28/60-of-photoshop-users-are-pirates/#comment-81164 72 Hour Sale Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:01:40 +0000 http://blog.epicedits.com/2008/03/28/60-of-photoshop-users-are-pirates/#comment-81164 It is amazing how many photoshop users have a pirated copy. If you are a student, you can get a great deal on photoshop through college, because they give hefty student discounts. You can get the entire CS3 Suite for $300 at my school. It is amazing how many photoshop users have a pirated copy. If you are a student, you can get a great deal on photoshop through college, because they give hefty student discounts. You can get the entire CS3 Suite for $300 at my school.

]]> By: Joe http://blog.epicedits.com/2008/03/28/60-of-photoshop-users-are-pirates/#comment-79579 Joe Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:12:56 +0000 http://blog.epicedits.com/2008/03/28/60-of-photoshop-users-are-pirates/#comment-79579 Well in my opinion people should give chance to other similar tools, even if they're not industry standard as Photoshop is. For example Pixel is a very nice "clone" of Photoshop and even works on Linux and other operating systems. http://www.kanzelsberger.com ... well it's not exactly Photoshop, but very similar and it's better to try it out with reasonable price, then pirating overpriced Photoshop... Well in my opinion people should give chance to other similar tools, even if they’re not industry standard as Photoshop is. For example Pixel is a very nice “clone” of Photoshop and even works on Linux and other operating systems. http://www.kanzelsberger.com … well it’s not exactly Photoshop, but very similar and it’s better to try it out with reasonable price, then pirating overpriced Photoshop…

]]> By: Lucy http://blog.epicedits.com/2008/03/28/60-of-photoshop-users-are-pirates/#comment-76810 Lucy Fri, 23 May 2008 20:58:36 +0000 http://blog.epicedits.com/2008/03/28/60-of-photoshop-users-are-pirates/#comment-76810 People don’t support Gimp because PS is better People don’t support Gimp because PS is better

]]> By: Big Salary http://blog.epicedits.com/2008/03/28/60-of-photoshop-users-are-pirates/#comment-74929 Big Salary Fri, 16 May 2008 02:57:40 +0000 http://blog.epicedits.com/2008/03/28/60-of-photoshop-users-are-pirates/#comment-74929 Adobe has made some fine aquistions lately. I believe Macromedia did a better job with open source like working with the Eclipse project, creating developer editions of server products, an allowing limited use of non-production applications. Hopefully Adobe wil survey their portfolio and notice the happier users of former Macromedia products. Adobe has made some fine aquistions lately. I believe Macromedia did a better job with open source like working with the Eclipse project, creating developer editions of server products, an allowing limited use of non-production applications. Hopefully Adobe wil survey their portfolio and notice the happier users of former Macromedia products.

]]> By: ragingFX - 3 reasons why Filipino graphic designers doesn’t know Free and Open Source Software http://blog.epicedits.com/2008/03/28/60-of-photoshop-users-are-pirates/#comment-73266 ragingFX - 3 reasons why Filipino graphic designers doesn’t know Free and Open Source Software Sat, 10 May 2008 09:34:12 +0000 http://blog.epicedits.com/2008/03/28/60-of-photoshop-users-are-pirates/#comment-73266 [...] continue to be born pirates. Even now, when I’m talking Blender/GIMP/Inkscape to arrogant pirates, it’s the same as talking to trash cans. So what if we’ll be all trash cans? [...] [...] continue to be born pirates. Even now, when I’m talking Blender/GIMP/Inkscape to arrogant pirates, it’s the same as talking to trash cans. So what if we’ll be all trash cans? [...]

]]> By: germz http://blog.epicedits.com/2008/03/28/60-of-photoshop-users-are-pirates/#comment-70414 germz Sun, 04 May 2008 22:28:26 +0000 http://blog.epicedits.com/2008/03/28/60-of-photoshop-users-are-pirates/#comment-70414 Yeah I agree with Yourmom... Everyone I've met has a pirated photoshop... I mean it's so easy to pirate it only takes a minute once the software has been downloaded. I bet if I were to download it right now I'd have a photoshop cs3 advanced in my pc in less that 30 minutes. I'm not saying that <em>I</em> have a pirated software.. I'm just saying 99.9% percent of people have a pirated adobe program, the other .1% are LIARS. Yeah I agree with Yourmom… Everyone I’ve met has a pirated photoshop… I mean it’s so easy to pirate it only takes a minute once the software has been downloaded. I bet if I were to download it right now I’d have a photoshop cs3 advanced in my pc in less that 30 minutes.

I’m not saying that I have a pirated software.. I’m just saying 99.9% percent of people have a pirated adobe program, the other .1% are LIARS.

]]> By: your mom http://blog.epicedits.com/2008/03/28/60-of-photoshop-users-are-pirates/#comment-68444 your mom Fri, 02 May 2008 11:10:18 +0000 http://blog.epicedits.com/2008/03/28/60-of-photoshop-users-are-pirates/#comment-68444 Bullshit. %99 of them are. Bullshit. %99 of them are.

]]> By: Adobe CS3: Price Barrier for Average Consumers | Sarawanan Ravindran http://blog.epicedits.com/2008/03/28/60-of-photoshop-users-are-pirates/#comment-65411 Adobe CS3: Price Barrier for Average Consumers | Sarawanan Ravindran Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:52:26 +0000 http://blog.epicedits.com/2008/03/28/60-of-photoshop-users-are-pirates/#comment-65411 [...] downloading the software illegally or going without the software at all. According to a recent study 60% of Photoshop users are pirates and this trend is even worse with my friends considering that [...] [...] downloading the software illegally or going without the software at all. According to a recent study 60% of Photoshop users are pirates and this trend is even worse with my friends considering that [...]

]]> By: mike3 http://blog.epicedits.com/2008/03/28/60-of-photoshop-users-are-pirates/#comment-63680 mike3 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 02:13:13 +0000 http://blog.epicedits.com/2008/03/28/60-of-photoshop-users-are-pirates/#comment-63680 This goes to show just how unfairly expensive the software is. If they were to drop the price, more people would buy it, so then in the end they might not lose as much money as they fear, and may in fact gain more money. It's really hard if you want to start your own business, then you need to get legitimate software and with the prices so high it creates a formidable entry barrier requiring you to be upperclass rich to get started. What a way of keeping the rich rich and the poor poor. This is WRONG!!!! This goes to show just how unfairly expensive the software is. If they were to drop the price, more people would buy it, so then in the end they might not lose as much money as they fear, and may in fact gain more money.

It’s really hard if you want to start your own business, then you need to get legitimate software and with the prices so high it creates a formidable entry barrier requiring you to be upperclass rich to get started. What a way of keeping the rich rich and the poor poor. This is WRONG!!!!

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