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If the online exercises are tied to the ebook, then they can justify “trading” old versions of textbooks by revoking access for the former owner. This is a supe
by reidjs 4y ago
If the online exercises are tied to the ebook, then they can justify “trading” old versions of textbooks by revoking access for the former owner. This is a super shady practice and I hope this doesn’t become a reality.
- mumblemumble 4y agoStudents should really band together and start pressuring their universities to ban professors from participating in these practices. The department is basically making students pay extra money so that they can save the cost of a TA to manually grade homework. That's not going to stop unless the students call foul and push back.
- csomar 4y agoSo a pirate could just share his private key and now everyone has access?
- nwah1 4y agoThe concept of DRM is quite old and never required a blockchain, because as we have all long figured out... nothing requires a blockchain. Not even DRM scams.