XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: justinthenumbersguy@hatespam.edu   
      
   On Tue, 14 May 2013 17:50:31 -0700, Snit wrote:   
      
   > On 5/14/13 4:37 PM, in article   
   > 6mslf8lov53l$.r1sj4coksp1p.dlg@40tude.net, "flatfish+++"   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Tue, 14 May 2013 23:24:31 +0000 (UTC), Justin wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Boy, did I have a busy semester!  Once again I helped four classes get   
   >>> their  books for free with NON-DRM PDFs.  Each class had about 15   
   >>> students,   
   >>> undergrads and graduate.   
   >>> Here's a rundown of how much money I saved each class for this year:   
   >>   
   >> Typical starry eyed, thieving FOSSie...   
   >>   
   >> What is it with Linux users and FOSSies believing that just because   
   >> they can steal something from an "evil" corporation that makes it   
   >> alright?   
   >>   
   >> What a collection of slimeballs.   
   >>   
   >> Oh and "Justin" who seems to always appear about the same time as   
   >> another loser FOSSie, when you get out of school and have a real job,   
   >> you will see things differently.   
   >>   
   >> Hopefully you get to see others doing to you as you have done to them.   
   >> It will be the best lesson you have ever learned.   
   >   
   > For my classes I make a large part of the materials. I do not include   
   > any DRM on the DVDs I sell. When students copy them and share them they   
   > are breaking my copyright and doing wrong.   
   >   
   > It really is that simple.   
   >   
   > My materials are good and the vast majority of my students want to keep   
   > them after the class is over. I do not know of a single student who has   
   > decided to sell their copy to another student, though it very well could   
   > have happened. The college bookstore has never had a "used" copy of my   
   > material to sell that I know of... nobody returns them.   
      
   Your stuff I wouldn't pirate.  You seem to charge a fair price.  My CPA   
   materials, by Yeager.  Not giving them away.  The people who made those   
   study guides and lectures have industry experience and aren't "in the   
   clique."  They make a good product at a fair price.   
   Charging 175% more, for a new edition of a book where the changes are   
   barely noticeable, and then trying to outlaw the used book market is   
   bullshit, no matter how you look at it.   
      
   Honestly, I want somebody to explain how selling a used book is somehow   
   bad.  I think that attempt is pretty much defunct now, but the fact they   
   even attempted it is obscene, and shows the kind of people we're dealing   
   with.   
      
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