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Re:How California campuses are fixing the problem of pricey ... by colemannugent on Thursday February 15, 2018 @06:07PM (#16388579)
We're not talking about children, these are college students. They can weigh the risks/benefits of piracy.

>voting with your dollars is a fallacy What do you mean by that? Are you suggesting that companies will survive without any customers buying their product?

The only situation in which voting with your wallet doesn't work is when you have no choice. In this situation, the students do have the choice to pirate the books, buy used books, or bite the bullet and buy the book.

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Re:How California campuses are fixing the problem of pricey ... by CaptSpify on Thursday February 15, 2018 @09:47PM (#16389503)
> In this situation, the students do have the choice to pirate the books, buy used books, or bite the bullet and buy the book.

Definitly not true. Many classes require entering a code just to submit homework

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