Interestingly, Adobe is on the list of technology companies that have spoken out in support of Ukraine and announced restrictions or cessation of interaction with the Russian Federation and Russian users. For example, Figma, Miro, Sketch also did this.
On Adobe Stock, the American software development company Adobe Systems sells graphic works on the themes of “DPR”, “LPR”, and occupied Ukrainian regions.
This was reported by Ukrainian illustrator Maxim Filippenko X (Twitter – ed.).
In the images you can see a map of Ukraine without Crimea, collages with flags of terrorist organizations.
@Adobe is earning money by selling pro-Russian images on its stock service.
Maps of with Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk; flags of the territories Russia annexed – they have it all!
However they: creators from Russia receive royalties for those images
THREAD pic.twitter.com/BuqEMLzhLu
— Maksym Filipenko ️ (@MaksymDraws) November 15, 2023
According to the terms of the platform, the authors and sellers of images receive a 33% royalty from sales. The full details of the authors are not disclosed, however, judging by the names, these are residents of the Russian Federation or occupied Ukrainian territories.
Recently, a scandal broke out with the German journalist, documentary director and writer Hubert Seipel, who made a film about Putin and wrote two books about him. He received hundreds of thousands of euros from offshore companies associated with Putin's oligarch Alexei Mordashev.
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