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Copyright is Out of Control

• ZenPro 12y ago
  ...writes an author charging $250 for a textbook. #BrassBalls
  • mathattack 12y ago
    $215 on Amazon, $95 via Kindle, ~$45 to rent. Used is also much cheaper, perhaps because of older edition. But this doesn't change your point at all. :-)
• masswerk 12y ago
  So, authorship is out of control? Thinking of textbook authors as mere "rebundlers", where does this leave the author of the article? Is authorship/IP really yet another convenience, which ought to be handled in a one-stop-shop for anybody wanting to reuse the work, or is there more to it?