Upgrade from FCS to FCS2 academic possible?

I have the non-academic version of Final Cut Studio and I want to upgrade to Studio 2. I saw the academic version on Ebay, unregistered. If I bought this version, would Apple deny my current registration numbers?

Academic versions are all stand alone. They are not upgradable nor will they upgrade another version. Your FCS1 version is not affected by FCS2 academic other than they will not coexist peacefully on the same system drive. It's either one or the other.
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fwiw - If you are not in academia, you are in violation of the licensing agreement to purchase and install the software.
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