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Re:Internet Archive forced to remove 500k books after publis... by lupire on Friday June 21, 2024 @10:10PM (#40755606)
Arguably, professors are paid a salary to write those books.
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Re:Internet Archive forced to remove 500k books after publis... by rty32 on Saturday June 22, 2024 @06:08AM (#40757795)
The point is that they could have gone the proprietary path and earn $$$ from textbook money. Instead they are getting nothing from the material.
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