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dmaul1114 · 11-12-2009, 06:52 PM

Meh, I can't support that kind of law.

I could get behind one that required to make large print versions of text books, audio books etc. available at the same price.

But as much as I hate text book companies, I'm a strong supporter of copyright law so I don't think schools or other people should be able to make large print copies without the publishers permission.

But it is reasonable to require the companies to put out large print versions etc. to cater to disabled students. At least that way the company still gets money (and too much given the absurd price of textbooks) out of the book sold to the disabled students.

11-12-2009, 06:52 PM	#61
dmaul1114 Wizard Posts: 2,300 Karma: 1121709 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Amazon Kindle 1	Meh, I can't support that kind of law. I could get behind one that required to make large print versions of text books, audio books etc. available at the same price. But as much as I hate text book companies, I'm a strong supporter of copyright law so I don't think schools or other people should be able to make large print copies without the publishers permission. But it is reasonable to require the companies to put out large print versions etc. to cater to disabled students. At least that way the company still gets money (and too much given the absurd price of textbooks) out of the book sold to the disabled students.