Lightroom app update wipes users' photos and presets, Adobe says not recoverable

Re:Lightroom app update wipes users' photos and presets, Ado... by Reelin on Friday August 21, 2020 @02:06AM (#24232448)

If it's a free download it still might not fly. I suspect they would have to charge a reasonable fee for providing the specific functionality in order for that approach to work (otherwise the only "sale" was that of the original software).

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Re:Lightroom app update wipes users' photos and presets, Ado... by Dylan16807 on Friday August 21, 2020 @02:14AM (#24232490)

If you focus specifically on the sale, sure.

But if you look at what actually happens to the IP, there's a good argument that dolby has no right to any payment from a user that never touches their IP.

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Re:Lightroom app update wipes users' photos and presets, Ado... by sjwright on Friday August 21, 2020 @12:00PM (#24235966)

The license fee would be based upon the method of counting installed base. If Adobe wants to change the method of counting, Dolby should be allowed to change the fee.

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Re:Lightroom app update wipes users' photos and presets, Ado... by Reelin on Friday August 21, 2020 @02:19AM (#24232521)

Isn't the IP licensed in terms of sales (or revenue, or something similar) though? (I haven't looked up the specific license in this case.)

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