nice one Adobe!!

osx 10.4 and win XP users rejoice!

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57562515-263/adobe-releases-creative-suite-2-for-free/

Amazeballs!

Except the the Adobe site has done been fallen over all days

Just installed Premiere Pro 2 on Win 7 64 bit and works fine used the following work around.

1. Right-click on the installer file (.exe file)
2. Select Properties then go to the Compatibility tab.
3. Put a check on the “Run this program in compatibility mode for” then select the previous OS which do you think it worked. For your case select Windows XP with any Service Pack.
4. Then under Privilege Level, place a check on “Run this program as administrator”
5. Click Apply then OK.

I am hoping to get a GoPro 3 soon, and fingers crossed i can use this to edit the video from the GoPro ?.

You can use these direct links if the main site has fallen over.

Direct Downloads

Creative Suite 2
Mac
Serial: 1130-0412-8377-1896-9751-5759
http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/magic/creativesuite/CS2_EOL/MLTI/CS2_install_Mac.pdf
http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/magic/creativesuite/CS2_EOL/STES/CS_20_IE_NonRet_D1.dmg.bin
http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/magic/creativesuite/CS2_EOL/STES/CS_20_IE_NonRet_D2.dmg.bin
http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/magic/creativesuite/CS2_EOL/STES/CS_20_IE_NonRet_D3.dmg.bin
http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/magic/creativesuite/CS2_EOL/MLTI/VCS2.dmg
http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/magic/creativesuite/CS2_EOL/MLTI/CS_2.0_IE_Extras_1.dmg.bin

Win
Serial: 1130-1414-7569-4457-6613-5551
http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/magic/creativesuite/CS2_EOL/MLTI/CS2_install_Win.pdf
http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/magic/creativesuite/CS2_EOL/MLTI/CreativeSuiteCS2Disc1.exe
http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/magic/creativesuite/CS2_EOL/MLTI/CreativeSuiteCS2Disc2.exe
http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/magic/creativesuite/CS2_EOL/MLTI/CreativeSuiteCS2Disc3.exe
http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/magic/creativesuite/CS2_EOL/MLTI/VCS2.zip
http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/magic/creativesuite/CS2_EOL/MLTI/CS_2.0_WWE_Extras_1.exe

Acrobat 3D 1.0 for Windows
Serial: 1159-1414-7569-3493-5006-5653
http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/magic/creativesuite/CS2_EOL/AC3D/AC3D_1.0_Volume_NACK_WWE.zip

Acrobat Standard 7.0
Mac
Serial: 1016-0414-2428-7157-5404-6669
http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/magic/creativesuite/CS2_EOL/ACRO/12001748.dmg

Win
Serial: 1016-1415-6379-6184-1333-2468
http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/magic/creativesuite/CS2_EOL/ACRO/22001904.exe

Acrobat Pro 8.0
Mac
Serial: 1118-0416-1130-3724-2927-7040
http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/magic/creativesuite/CS2_EOL/STEP/APRO8_Mac_WEB_WWEFG.dmg

Win
Serial: 1118-1414-1955-8737-8172-0350
http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/magic/creativesuite/CS2_EOL/STEP/APRO23_Win_ESD1_WWEFG.exe

Audition 3.0
Win
Serial: 1137-1004-8571-6848-7845-8029
http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/magic/creativesuite/CS2_EOL/AUDT/ADBEAudition_loopolgy.exe
http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/magic/creativesuite/CS2_EOL/AUDT/ADBEAudition_ESD1_WWEFGJIS.exe
http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/magic/creativesuite/CS2_EOL/AUDT/ADBEAudition_loopolgy.7z

GoLive CS2
Mac
Serial: 1033-0415-6162-2671-3431-0993
http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/magic/creativesuite/CS2_EOL/GLIVE/GL_CS2_UE_NonRet.dmg.bin

Win
Serial: 1033-1418-1610-5696-5209-0095
http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/magic/creativesuite/CS2_EOL/GLIVE/GL_CS2_UE_NonRet.exe

Illustrator CS2
Mac
Serial: 1034-0416-0740-0527-2887-2375
http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/magic/creativesuite/CS2_EOL/ILST/AI_CS2_IE_NonRet.dmg.bin

Win
Serial: 1034-1415-6230-2341-2884-9398
http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/magic/creativesuite/CS2_EOL/ILST/AI_CS2_IE_NonRet.exe

InCopy CS2
Mac
Serial: 1036-0414-4367-5110-5897-2432
http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/magic/creativesuite/CS2_EOL/AICY/IC_CS2_UE_NonRet.dmg.bin

Win
Serial: 1036-1419-3531-6378-2148-9313
http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/magic/creativesuite/CS2_EOL/AICY/IC_CS2_UE_NonRet.exe

InDesign CS2
Mac
Serial: 1037-0413-9961-4063-8457-1098
http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/magic/creativesuite/CS2_EOL/IDSN/ID_CS2_UE_NonRet.dmg

Win
Serial: 1037-1412-5094-8316-6812-7982
http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/magic/creativesuite/CS2_EOL/IDSN/ID_CS2_UE_NonRet.exe

Photoshop CS2
Mac
Serial: 1045-0410-5403-3188-5429-0639
http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/magic/creativesuite/CS2_EOL/PHSP/PhSp_CS2_English.dmg.bin

Win
Serial: 1045-1412-5685-1654-6343-1431
http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/magic/creativesuite/CS2_EOL/PHSP/PhSp_CS2_English.exe

Photoshop Elements 4.0/5.0
Mac
Serial: 1057-0410-8218-6295-1699-9560
http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/magic/creativesuite/CS2_EOL/PSE/PSE4_Mac_WWE_ESD1.dmg.bin

Win
Serial: 1057-1414-3729-7573-7352-1206
http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/magic/creativesuite/CS2_EOL/PSE/PSE_5.0_WIN_ESD1_ENG.exe

Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0
Win
Serial: 1132-1280-4900-7476-5108-8019
http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/magic/creativesuite/CS2_EOL/PPRO/PPRO_2.0_Ret-NH_UE.zip

Not actually free.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/adriankingsleyhughes/2013/01/07/download-adobe-cs2-applications-for-free/

hmmm, well i read that and im not exactly sure what hes on about.

adobe turned activation servers off as product is end of life (or server blew up) and probably pissed off a load of cs2 users so decided the least hassle is to just let them download a copy with a new serial from their servers..?

so basically it might not be free but you can get it from their website with a serial without paying anything? and the website page is borked so is less than helpful?

The way I read it is that legally you need a licence to use CS2, it’s just that Adobe have made the illegal use of it as difficult as reading a web page. Presumably they must see this as less of an issue than keeping some activation servers running. Which seems odd. Or maybe I’ve misread it. But then anybody going and getting CS2 for free probably wasn’t going to be buying a current CS anyway (likewise anyone who really needs CS probably won’t want CS2), so it probably doesn’t dent the sales revenue.