for christams this year, my dad bought me a book called "Introducing Maya 6, 3d for beginners" by Dariush Derakhshani. included with the book is a cd that includes Maya personal learning edition, plus all the project files used in the book. i put the CD into my computer to install it and went through the installation process up to where i was supposed to enter a "software key". i tried entering the 2 numbers (the product ID and CD ID) neither of which worked. there is no mention of a registration code in the book. it also says that you can register online and it will send you an email with the activation key, but every link takes me to
this website, which is to download the 30 day trial of maya 2010, which i don't need (because i have the personal learning edition, plus my internet is very slow, so the download would probably take several days.)
I suspect that Alias, the company they say to contact, went out of business, or was bought out, since I can find no mention of the company, or the site it says to go to. so my question is, is there any way i can get a registration key for Maya 6, or is there a newer version of the personal learning edition I can get? this product wasn't cheap, and I would hate for my dads purchase to go to waste.
thank you for your consideration.