Comments on: Time to Start Writing Our Own Papers! Ah!! http://copyrightcommerceandculture.com/2010/02/01/time-to-start-writing-our-own-papers-ah/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed E59.1405, The Media, Culture, and Communications Department at the Steinhardt School of Education at NYU Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:48:18 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: SheilaGermain http://copyrightcommerceandculture.com/2010/02/01/time-to-start-writing-our-own-papers-ah/comment-page-1/#comment-212 SheilaGermain Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:14:43 +0000 http://copyrightcommerceandculture.com/2010/02/01/time-to-start-writing-our-own-papers-ah/#comment-212 When McGraw-Hill purchases the papers (notes, etc), I would assume the purchase order/consent would state something about future use. Of course, I don't expect that the seller would be reading the fine print. Nor do I think they would be thinking of things like their (or others) future use of the items they're selling. Personally, the ethics issue I see here is the exploitation of information from college students who are eager to make a buck, and largely ignorant (as a whole) to the legal rights they're giving away. When McGraw-Hill purchases the papers (notes, etc), I would assume the purchase order/consent would state something about future use. Of course, I don’t expect that the seller would be reading the fine print. Nor do I think they would be thinking of things like their (or others) future use of the items they’re selling.

Personally, the ethics issue I see here is the exploitation of information from college students who are eager to make a buck, and largely ignorant (as a whole) to the legal rights they’re giving away.

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