cajunautoxer wrote in post #11710784
I wonder if my college id from 10 yrs ago would work
How it works is you buy the product. Inside the box is a activation code. This is not your serial number. You go to an adobe website, and you enter your activation code. You then submit evidence of student/teacher status. The simplest form is a picture ID. It must be valid.
Some colleges issue new ID cards when they expire. Some just put a sticker on the ID for each semester/year that you remain an active student. Adobe examines your evidence and if they determine it is valid, they issue you a serial number.
Stickers are easy to make. It is also easy to register at various colleges as a "non-degree seeking student". Its up to you and your morality as to which route to take. I will be a non-degree seeking graduate student at the university where I did my undergrad. They let past students register easily as a grad student, just to take classes for fun. Some people just make a sticker with the current semester/year (Winter 2011) and put it over the expiration on the card. Might be legal, might not be.
If you acquire the software with legitimate evidence of active student status, you are able to continue using the software both for personal and commercial purposes forever. If you can get a student ID you can easily make up the cost of the software just through side jobs in Illustrator and InDesign.
