Help Please

[vista18dc]

My friend gave me a disc which he said had Microsoft Office 2003 Professional on it and he gave me a key to go with it, the disc is not an official one as its just a normal rewritable disc, what i want to know is that is it legal for me to use and install Office 2003 or not, i would like to use Office 2003 but cant afford this, i currently use openoffice.org

 

[robina_80]

NO, but tbh everyone uses bootleg copys because there so easy to get and there an exact copy of the original

 

[brian]

no. it is illegal. sorry

 

[Deepblue]

nope its illegal

 

[StrangleHold]

Put it this way, if that copy is a backup and the key that goes with it and its (not) installed on another computer I dont see anything wrong with it. But if its installed on another computer its illegal!

 

[brian]

well, wait. i know the office student addition has a 3 license agrement. is it the same for pro?

 

[StrangleHold]

If it was bought retail probably not. I have Office XP pro and its not.