On the one hand, you have
the publishers. They want stiffer copyright laws since they fear that a growing number of students are skirting the exaggerated charges of textbooks by illegally downloading pirated copies from the web.
On the other hand, you have
the book industry critics. They say that publishers are simply attempting to justify escalating book prices and trying to clamp down on the distribution of information.
Canada.com wrote a stimulating
article this week, discussing this controvery between file sharers and publishers.
Who knows, perhaps the next thing will be textbook publishers going after libraries for "sharing" books for free...