$200 For a Bound Textbook That You Can't Keep? 252
netbuzz writes: "The worst of DRM is set to infest law school casebooks. One publisher, AspenLaw, wants students to pay $200 for a bound casebook, but at the end of class they have to give it back. Aspen is touting this arrangement as a great deal because the buyer will get an electronic version and assorted online goodies once they return the actual book. But they must return the book. Law professors and the Electronic Frontier Foundation are calling it nothing but a cynical attempt to undermine used book sales, as well as the first sale doctrine that protects used bookstores and libraries."
Doubleplusgood! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Because they can. (Score:4, Funny)
They aren't in it to make the world a better place. They are in it for the money. And so it is perfectly logical for them to take as much as they can get.
The publishers, or the students aiming to become lawyers..?
Re:Because they can. (Score:4, Funny)
They aren't in it to make the world a better place. They are in it for the money. And so it is perfectly logical for them to take as much as they can get.
The publishers, or the students aiming to become lawyers..?
Yes.
Re:What happens if... (Score:5, Funny)
Oh that is easy. You charge them a deposit, refundable upon return of the book.
Oh wait, this is a law school... You just sue them to get it back...
Re: Because they can. (Score:4, Funny)