This is madness. University textbook at full price but without ownership (via: Jan Wildeboer – Google+)
Posted by jpluimers on 2014/05/08
Having to buy a book at full price, then having to return it when your semester is finished sounds so wrong on so many levels, even if you get DRM licenses access to the content:
one of the best quotes on DRM ever: But, as Professor James Grimmelmann noted, “we know from sad experience that gerbils have better life expectancy than DRM platforms.”
–jeroen
via: Jan Wildeboer – Google+ – This is madness. University textbook at full price but….
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