OK... sending for 3rd time in 2 days (*^*%& hotmail).
It's interesting... I just retraced my steps and found out how I got to www.markdownsoftware in the first place. It was from a link on amazon.com under the heading "Customers interested in Photoshop for Astrophotographers may also be interested in:".
There's also another link there for www.buysusa.com which offers Adobe software at 90% off. It says that one receives a full CD version which must be activated. I haven't read all the fine print on this one but it says the software was originally purchased under a group license and that buyers are ineligible for free Adobe support.
If either of these firms are acting illegally I find it amazing that amazon.com would be 'complicit' in encouraging copyright infringement.
I have cancelled my credit and had it reissued just in case.
I have to say I don't buy into pirated software or any other pirated intellectual property, especially not 'just because millions of other people see nothing wrong with it'. As a software developer myself, I recognize the hard work that goes into writing software, especially quality software. As a photographer I would hate to see a photograph I was selling and could make a profit on, be distributed without permission, depriving me of rightful income.
I plan on calling Adobe tomorrow and addressing the issue with them and determining if my purchase was legal or not.
Tom C.
