Licence Query

[130tdi]

I've just bought a new laptop with Photoshop Elements 2 pre installed.

I've also got a legit licence of Photoshop 7 which I have installed and am about to uninstall PE 2.

The disc for PE2 (on the recovery disc from Sony) will apparently only work in a Sony brand PC - 2 questions :

1 Am I breaching licencing to install on my parents PC Photoshop Elements 2 - I have paid for it after all, and won't be using it on any other PC.

2 If 1 is OK, how can I get around the Sony branding as their PC was built from scratch.

Any ideas greatfully received.

Simon.

[m-five]

You'll have to read the licence I'm afraid.

Although I can't see you being sued for using PSE on another machine as there's no way Adobe or Sony could find out, and PSE comes free with a lot of PC's, scanners, digital cameras anyway.

[130tdi]

How do I get around the non-Sony branded installation with a Sony installation disc ?

[posty]

the license is bound to the sony device

any other use is breach

its a simple oem situation

you cannot lawfully transfer the license

sorry!

[bobthebench]

You are breaching the licence. However it is arguable that such a condition is breach of Unfair Contract Terms Act anyway. You paid for it, it's yours. Sod them.

Branding is probably coded in.

[130tdi]

bobthebench said:

You are breaching the licence. However it is arguable that such a condition is breach of Unfair Contract Terms Act anyway. You paid for it, it's yours. Sod them. Branding is probably coded in.

I guess there is no (known ) way around it ?

Simon

[size13]

You can remove the branding from here: Start/Run/Regedit

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}InstanceInit
PropertyBag

Do the same in the other 2559a keys.

I pinched that from a search on google groups.