The Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC) has been asked not to proceed with its inquiries into the controversial Adobe FedEx Kinko’s 'print to Kinkos' button in Acrobat 8.1.
Printing Industries CEO Philip Andersen said the association, which referred the matter for investigation by the ACCC for possible breaches of Australia’s fair trade and anti-competition laws, had asked that no further action be taken in the matter.
“We believe that last week’s statement by Adobe that it would remove the button and its acknowledgement that its introduction had been a mistake are genuine attempts to correct a situation that had caused enormous angst among its Australian and international printing industry customers,” he said.
“Naturally we will be closely following the issue to ensure everything goes according to plan and will provide whatever assistance necessary to Adobe Australia to assist with this process.”
A new Acrobat Reader version 8.1.1. is currently being developed and should be completed in about 8-9 weeks time.
When this is ready, anyone downloading the software will find the FedEx Kinko's link gone and for people already using 8.1, the feature will disappear via an automatic update.
Printing Industries Association of Australia
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