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Page 15 of the complaint is fairly damming. Apparently "Campbells Biology" uses a bear eating a fish + running to explain thermodynamics and even this example a
by Atropos 15y ago
Page 15 of the complaint is fairly damming. Apparently "Campbells Biology" uses a bear eating a fish + running to explain thermodynamics and even this example appears in their version...
It might possibly be legal, but I feel it shouldn't be.
- tptacek 15y agoSimilarly (from one page later): a Psych textbook used Brahms to illustrate "Sleep disorders" (the general idea), because he apparently suffered from sleep apnea. The Boundless text apparently also chose Brahms to illustrate "sleep disorders".
- aaronwhite 15y agoAgain, at the moment, only half the story is being shared. We look forward to publicizing our side once we can!
- tptacek 15y agoBut you're the one who publicized it! We're only talking about it because you submitted this one-sided blog post. You shouldn't be surprised that a bunch of message board nerds would actually track the filing down.
- Estragon 15y agoWhat is the law regarding copying the fine-scale structure of a book but rewriting it/redoing the pictures?
- tptacek 15y agoIt does not in & of itself appear promising for Boundless.