PreIstalled OSX Lion on new MBP

Hello everyone,
I have purshaced a new MBP wich came with the new OSX Lion preinstalled. Althought, I have another MBP wich came with Snow Leopard.
I wanted to install Lion on my old MBP by downloading it from the new one (i heard you can buy it once and install it on every mac you have).
Is that possible (I mean legally possible) ?
Thanks a lot

Doing so would be against the license agreement. Lion preinstalled on a Mac is licensed to that specific Mac. Lion downloaded from the Mac App Store is licensed to you, or more correctly, to your Apple ID and you may install it on as many Macs as you personally own and use.
If you purchase Lion in the Mac App Store, I suppose you could save yourself some download time by cloning the new Mac's boot volume to your old Mac's hard drive. I haven't tried that myself; it should work, but it is always possible that it might not.

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1. Boot from your OS X Installer Disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
If you are preparing an external or a non-startup drive, then open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
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5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Security button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
6. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.
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         with your computer. Insert the disc into the optical drive and restart the computer.
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