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10,000 sign Adobe CS3 European pricing petition
Mark Uprolific poster, May 20, 2007; 09:54 a.m.
A petition initiated by Danielle Libine in protest at the sharp differential between the prices Adobe charges in Europe and those charged in the USA has garnered over 10,000 signatures. The petition can be found here:
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/fair-pricing-for-european-software.html
As the initiator reports in her blog, some signatories have also complained to the European Commission that they consider Adobe's pricing falls foul of EU competition laws:
(link)
The petition has already been the subject of several articles in the European photographic and computer press, for example:
(link)
Analysis of Adobe's accounts shows that the justifications claimed by them for the higher prices are not substantiated as sufficient to justify the differentials.
The publicity may be causing some re-think by Adobe - either because sales are running below expectations, or in a bid to head off a possible European Commission investigation that could in the worst case lead to a fine for Adobe amounting to 10% of worldwide turnover, or both. Adobe appear to be researching what pricing they might be able to get away with according to these reports in Danielle Libine's blog: Internet based survey:
http://web.mac.com/libine/iWeb/Site/Blog/9F83A72E-EBC0-474B-8EF9-D2FB2521D00C.html
Mark Uprolific poster, May 20, 2007; 09:54 a.m.
A petition initiated by Danielle Libine in protest at the sharp differential between the prices Adobe charges in Europe and those charged in the USA has garnered over 10,000 signatures. The petition can be found here:
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/fair-pricing-for-european-software.html
As the initiator reports in her blog, some signatories have also complained to the European Commission that they consider Adobe's pricing falls foul of EU competition laws:
(link)
The petition has already been the subject of several articles in the European photographic and computer press, for example:
(link)
Analysis of Adobe's accounts shows that the justifications claimed by them for the higher prices are not substantiated as sufficient to justify the differentials.
The publicity may be causing some re-think by Adobe - either because sales are running below expectations, or in a bid to head off a possible European Commission investigation that could in the worst case lead to a fine for Adobe amounting to 10% of worldwide turnover, or both. Adobe appear to be researching what pricing they might be able to get away with according to these reports in Danielle Libine's blog: Internet based survey:
http://web.mac.com/libine/iWeb/Site/Blog/9F83A72E-EBC0-474B-8EF9-D2FB2521D00C.html
