On Apr 17, 2008, at 8:16 AM, Glenn Williams wrote:
It drives me mad this one.
There really is no justification in UK users paying over the odds.
There is some justification (though it's pretty minor). Software
licensing laws in the UK are different than in the US - they are much
more user-centric and implemented to protect the purchaser in many
more ways than US users. Wish we had some of the same protections.
In the US we have almost no recourse if a product does not function
in the manner we expect it to. That's not the case in the UK. These
software functionality guarantees and indemnity laws 'force' software
developers to charge more for their product. I can't speak about
other countries.
I personally believe it's a rip off.
Anyway. It's generally illegal to purchase software outside of your
country. IE, purchasing from a US store and using the product in
Australia or the UK. I believe it is 100% against the license you
agree to when using the Adobe software products.
The price differential is annoying though, no doubt.
- jb
