I believe you are not comprehending what the issue here is.

They are not asking for free updates (and im in this boat to btw) to a current version. We paid for software that we now legally entitled to, even if its an old version. We paid for PRO and we got updates for 6 months and now I would like to download the last version I had access to, not the new one.

I realize that I am not entitled to free updates anymore but I am entitled to the old version I paid for and the download page does not offer that, it basically says "***** off you have to purchase me again".