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Originally Posted by Solmu |  | | | | | | | | | That simply doesn't make any sense. If you qualify for an academic copy you should buy it whether you can afford the full version or not (why not save the money?), and if you don't qualify for an academic copy, you shouldn't buy it, as you wouldn't have a legal copy of the software. Paying money to break the law is just twice stupid. | |  | |  | |
There is nothing "illegal" about academic software. In order to purchase it, it must be purchased with a valid school ID. College, high school, middle school... it doesn't matter. Anyone with a student ID is legal to purchase the software. Once purchased, no limit exists on how the software can be used nor any prohibition on commercial usage.
For an individual new to photoshop, an academic copy is there to tempt this individual to purchase and learn by offering a discount price.
Once an individual has learned photoshop and has grown a successful business which requires multiple copies of photoshop, full commercial packages should be purchased.
I'd suggest anyone who has never used photoshop to sign up for classes and use their own student ID!
fred