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Patent granted to encourage purchase of digital textbooks

Posted by BernardSwiss on · 3 comments
Ars Technica; By Cyrus Farivar 		Mail this story
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In a newly approved patent, an economics professor hopes to bring to the academic publishing world what seems to be forthcoming in the video game industry—new restrictions that would seemingly eliminate a secondary market for digital goods and prevent legal borrowing.

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Comments (3)

tuxchick ·
It should say "Amazing Patent Screws Over Textbook Purchasers Even More"
WorBlux ·
I never like courses the closely tracked the text anyways, with some exceptions in the hard sciences.
JaseP ·
I usually bought used textbooks... The 80286 had just been developed into affordable systems (released years earlier) when I was graduating from college ("University" for you Euros out there). "Affordable" machines released with it as a processor were going for $2,000+ US. So, no ebooks. I figured if I wasn't going to bother cracking the spine on the book anyway, I might as well save the cash.

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