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If I'm reading the ToS correctly, it implies that a creative who uses Adobe products is granting Adobe a license to all content anyong creates on their platform
by nwallin 2y ago
If I'm reading the ToS correctly, it implies that a creative who uses Adobe products is granting Adobe a license to all content anyong creates on their platform. So this is something that can happen:
1. Alice signs the ToS, granted Adobe a non-exclusive license to all work created using Adobe products.
2. Disney (or insert your own litigious company here) hires Alice to do some art. Alice and Disney sign a contract that says Disney owns the IP to the art outright and Alice retains no rights to the work.
3. Alice makes the art. Alice gives the Art to Disney. Disney pays Alice.
4. Adobe thinks the art is great, and puts the art on stock.adobe.com, using the license that Alice granted them.
5. Chuck's Ads hires Bob to do some art; they sign a contract that allows Bob to use stock art for some of the elements.
6. Bob makes the art using stock art; specifically using Alice's art which Adobe has put on stock.adobe.com.
7. Bob sells the art to Chuck's Ads. Chuck's Ads runs the ad nationwide. The company who is making the advertised product likes the art and puts it on the box which is sold in stores.
8. Disney's flesh eating lawyers see the ad and start suing everybody.
What happens to Alice? From where I sit, it seems like she gets hit by a breach of contract; she granted Adobe a license which she didn't have the right to grant.
What happens to Bob? Certainly Chuck's Ads will get sued to Disney, and they won't be happy about it. It stands to reason that Chuck's Ads and/or Disney will sue Bob for breach of contract and/or copyright infringement respectively.
You're correct. I'm not saying you're wrong. It is naive to assume people can just "Cancel Adobe." But it's also naive to assume people who get paid to use this product suite don't legally have to.