To start.. Yes I did, indeed, buy the copy/version I am currently using. That said, I have to agree with Dreamer.. this will bite them in the rear, as well as add to industry's woes.

  While I do not, and can not, condone the use of black market, pirated or hacked software, this decision of theirs will only add to the fire, costing them more, in the end, than the salaries of the programmers who would have written the extra it would have taken to go even two, rather than one, version back. I only hope that they come to their senses, and back off this decision before they end up in the red. Of course, if they do, they will likely default to, "Not my fault".

"..... and that was when things got interestiing."