Adobe Says Upgrade Creative Cloud Apps or Risk 3rd Party Claims

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Adobe Says Upgrade Creative Cloud Apps or Risk 3rd Party Claims
March 13, 2019
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...creative-cloud-apps-or-risk-3rd-party-claims/

On May 8th, 2019, Creative Cloud users have started receiving emails from Adobe stating that older versions of the products they are using have been discontinued and that users are no longer licensed to use them. For many of these developers, this not a reasonable request as they need to utilize older versions for certain projects.

In addition, the email states that users of these discontinued programs must upgrade to a newer version or they "may be at risk of potential claims of infringement by third-parties".
According to a support page created by Adobe on May 8th, the following programs have versions that have been discontinued [...]

In response to user's complaints in the Adobe forums, an employee stated that going forward, "Creative Cloud customers can download only the two most recent major versions of Creative Cloud applications".
Dolby litigation suspected to be the reason
When discussing this email with Lynch, she stated that it was thought that this could have to do with the ongoing litigation between Adobe and Dolby.
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When BleepingComputer contacted Adobe about these emails and if it had anything to do with the Dolby lawsuit, we were told:

[...] Unfortunately, customers who continue to use or deploy older, unauthorized versions of Creative Cloud may face potential claims of infringement by third parties. We cannot comment on claims of third-party infringement, as it concerns ongoing litigation."
Between the statement concerning "ongoing litigation" and the "risk of potential claims of infringement by third-parties" while it has not been confirmed, it does seem likely this has to with the Dolby lawsuit.
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