Clip Studio Paint licensing: Difference between revisions

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In response, the company revisited some of the changes in October.<ref name=":0" />

They offered people that had bought the perpetual license in the year 2022 a free upgrade to 2.0 (but not subsequent versions) and offered customers before then, upgrades to 2.0 for a reduced price. Additionally, they extended their stability updates past the release of version 3.0, and introduced a free testing program for students and applicable people unable to afford version 2.0.

They offered people that had bought the perpetual license in the year 2022 a free upgrade to 2.0 (but not subsequent versions) and offered customers before then, upgrades to 2.0 for a reduced price. Additionally, they extended their stability updates past the release of version 3.0, and introduced a free testing program for students and applicable people unable to afford version 2.0. On the other hand, they denied downgrades for 1.0 licenses that were upgraded to version 2.0, even after user complaints about the introduction of Always-On DRM.

2.0 was released March 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 Jul 2023 |title=Clip studio Ver.2.0 release notes |url=https://www.clipstudio.net/en/dl/release_note_old/v2/ |access-date=13 Jun 2025 |website=Clip Studio}}</ref>

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This entry refers to the DRM included in newer versions of CSP, requiring users to connect with Celsys servers to access CSP. This feature was always present for iOS and Android versions, latter coming to Windows and Mac through the 2.0 update version.

Users are required to connect every 15 days in order to keep the software functional, ~~otherwise risking losing~~ the

Users are required to connect every 15 days in order to keep the software functional. This was initially obscured by Celsys, which didn't specify what was the time span between license checks.

==References==

[[Category:Clip Studio Paint]]

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 In response, the company revisited some of the changes in October.<ref name=":0" />
-They offered people that had bought the perpetual license in the year 2022 a free upgrade to 2.0 (but not subsequent versions) and offered customers before then, upgrades to 2.0 for a reduced price. Additionally, they extended their stability updates past the release of version 3.0, and introduced a free testing program for students and applicable people unable to afford version 2.0.
+They offered people that had bought the perpetual license in the year 2022 a free upgrade to 2.0 (but not subsequent versions) and offered customers before then, upgrades to 2.0 for a reduced price. Additionally, they extended their stability updates past the release of version 3.0, and introduced a free testing program for students and applicable people unable to afford version 2.0. On the other hand, they denied downgrades for 1.0 licenses that were upgraded to version 2.0, even after user complaints about the introduction of Always-On DRM.
 .0 was released March 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 Jul 2023 |title=Clip studio Ver.2.0 release notes |url=https://www.clipstudio.net/en/dl/release_note_old/v2/ |access-date=13 Jun 2025 |website=Clip Studio}}</ref>
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 This entry refers to the DRM included in newer versions of CSP, requiring users to connect with Celsys servers to access CSP. This feature was always present for iOS and Android versions, latter coming to Windows and Mac through the 2.0 update version.
-Users are required to connect every 15 days in order to keep the software functional, otherwise risking losing the
+Users are required to connect every 15 days in order to keep the software functional. This was initially obscured by Celsys, which didn't specify what was the time span between license checks.
 ==References==
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 [[Category:Clip Studio Paint]]