My mac os x leopard powermac g4 wont read a burned disc of ilife '08 my friend burned for me

my friend had an extra mac just laying around so he gave it to me. but he forgot to put on he ilife apps like iphoto imovie and garageband, so he burned them from his leopard mac to a dvd and gave it to me to put in my mac so i could have the apps. But everytime i put the disc in it sounds like its reading it, but then it just ejects it.

So we know more about it...
At the Apple Icon at top left>About this Mac, then click on More Info, then click on Hardware> and report this upto but not including the Serial#...
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: eMac
Model Identifier: PowerMac6,4
Processor Name: PowerPC G4 (1.2)
Processor Speed: 1.42 GHz
Number Of CPUs: 1
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 167 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.9.2f1
At the Apple Icon at top left>About this Mac, then click on More Info, then click on Hardware>Disk Burning & report what it says, like ...
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipped/Supported)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +RW, +R DL
Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD
Not sure of the legality of what you're doing, but...
Hardware
Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4 processor
iMovie ’08 requires a Mac computer with an Intel processor, a Power Mac G5 (dual 2.0 GHz or faster), or an iMac G5 (1.9 GHz or faster)
iDVD ’08 requires 733MHz or faster processor
512 MB of RAM; 1 GB recommended; high-definition video requires at least 1 GB of RAM
3 GB of available disk space
DVD drive required for installation
See this article for information about Quartz Extreme-compatible graphics cards.
Software
Mac OS X v10.4.9 or later
QuickTime 7.2 or later
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1010

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