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How do companies know if I use cracked software or assets for my personal gig? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 1 year ago by shadowagent@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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For context, I want to run a small personal gig (offering stuff on Patreon). Nothing too fancy.

In order to do that, I would need to use the Adobe suite, Windows, some audio and video effects, all requiring a commercial license.

In theory, I start to make money. How would Microsoft and Adobe know that I don't pay for their software?

If I use some audio effects, how would their owners even be able to tell / find my work? We're talking about basic sound effect, like rain, door knocks etc.

I've always been confused by this

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[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know why you're being downvoted, because this is a real practice

[–] fishos@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

There's a page on Adobes website about them putting the serial number of your license in files you create. It's usually not a "we immediately know" type thing, but a "if we find out and check, it's pretty obvious to us" way. I'm not sure how else people think they would enforce the licenses anyways. It's not just a licence to use the software, but to use the final product commercially.