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Re:High Prices Make Textbook ‘Piracy’ Acceptable to Most Stu... by i_am_jl on Sunday June 04, 2023 @03:09PM (#36188515)
>Today, clever students can share books, buy used, share electronic copies, or skip the book entirely if they don't think it's necessary.

I went back to college in the early 2010s. Even then it wasn't uncommon for a text book to come with a license code for an online learning module that was both required for classwork and non-transferable.

So yes, I could share the book, buy a used copy, or rip a PDF from an ebook, but that doesn't get me into the online class module that my professor is requiring for class, because that's hosted by the textbook's publisher and I don't get access unless I buy the book new.

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Re:High Prices Make Textbook ‘Piracy’ Acceptable to Most Stu... by SnaggyJoker on Sunday June 04, 2023 @03:24PM (#36188650)
I ran into this issue in the most unexpected of classes.

I took some vehicle repair courses as electives and there was an online module despite the majority of class time being spent in a shop environment doing actual work on vehicles.

It was ridiculous.

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