The problem with buying software on eBay is that having the media, the entire documentation set, the registration card with the key printed on it AND the freakin' box that held the shrinkwrap at bay, does NOT make it a legal copy if any previous owner is using the key with the same or an upgraded version of the product . . . who KNOWS?

When it comes to the law, making a good faith attempt at being legal won't help you one little bit, ignorance of the law . . . or the situation . . . is no excuse.

We've gotta draw the line somewhere on this absurdity, at least for the MLA, and that's as good a place as any. If you bought the original media an eBay . . . you're licensed . . .

. . . sorta. :-/

Personally (NOT as a mod) I'm so outraged that Adobe said they couldn't (be bothered if you ask me) send me replacement AI9 upgrade media because they didn't have a copy of the software, but they had the records of my purchase and admitted to having shipped it to me, that . . .

. . . it wouldn't bother me one little bit if everybody and their brother ripped off eight different versions of Illustrator and Photoshop apiece . . . just do it elsewhere!

I know it's illegal as hell and I refuse to run ANY version of Photoshop for other reasons . . .

. . . but it'll make me feel a lot better if some other folks do so . . .