[free-sklyarov] Dangers of eTextbooks

[Jon O .]

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On 07-Aug-2001, brad young wrote:
> That is like asking Honda if I can drive my motorcycle
> today. Why do I have to ask a company permission to
> read, or loan a book to a friend ONLY IF the publisher
> grants permission. This is the issue. 
> 
> Dmitry is not in prison, but part of his defense, at
> least in the public court of opinion is did he write
> something malicious like a virus, or a tool for the
> greater good.
> 
> Tell any student that he wrote a tool that ensures
> they will always have the ability to use a textbook
> after one semester, whether it be an ebook or physical
> book and they will side with you.
> 
> Many programmers keep books from school as reference
> material. I can see from my computer:
> 
> A Calc book
> Java Servlet Programming
> Java Programmer Reference
> Oracle SQL Interactive
> American Government
> Solaris For Managers
> 
> All used as Textbooks in previous semesters. Under
> eTextbooks, they and they 50 or so other books I have
> in storage, would be gone. What will I have to do pay
> a monthly, daily, hourly, or per use subscription in
> the future to use a book??? Who will own the books??
> AOL? That is where we are headed folks!
> 
> We should stop it now!!!!
> 
> 
> 
>  
> --- mickey <mickeym at mindspring.com> wrote:
> > <begin "DistanceUsFromIssue">
> > "Additionally, if the publisher grants permission,
> > users can lend and
> > give their eBook selections between
> > Acrobat eBook Readers, as well as print the content.
> > "
> > </begin "DistanceUsFromIssue">
> > 
> > 
> > brad young wrote:
> > 
> > > Now here is one that concerns all students:
> > >
> > > http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/010801/0293.html
> > > http://www.metatext.com/students/index.htm
> > >
> > > eTextbooks that expire after one semester. The
> > > publishers must love these
> > >
> > > -No used book market-prices will skyrocket
> > > -You can't lend eTextbook to a friend
> > > -You can't give it to someone to use next semester
> > > -No material cost
> > > -No school bookstore (middleman) which also happen
> > to
> > > employ lots of students, many of which (like SJSU)
> > are
> > > owned by the students.
> > > -Professors can't copy pages to hand out for
> > > instructional purposes
> > >
> > > Maybe we should flyer Stanford, Berkley, SJSU
> > during
> > > book buying season????
> > >
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