Yeah, textbook prices have risen following tuition prices to absurd levels. I didn't buy a single textbook during my education in Germany (well maybe one for th

Yeah, textbook prices have risen following tuition prices to absurd levels. I didn't buy a single textbook during my education in Germany (well maybe one for the language exam). Everything given to read seemed like it was taken from the doctor's' notes. My ticket could get me to Berlin from Saxony for free I recall. And the penalty for schwartzfahren in town was more of a joke. I think I had to pay the whole price to visit Czechia though... On topic, I can believe that lax IP laws were a factor in the rise of Germany as an industrial powerhouse. And I'm far from convinced that America's strict laws benefit more than a very few.