Yeah, no. For once, this isn't AFACT's fault. This is the fault of companies such as Sun, Adobe, Apple and Microsoft (possibly also Google, but I'm not 100% on pricing differences in the Play store.)
I'm actually reminded of the film National Treasure. The Three Musketeers are kind of like Nicholas Cage's character (who simply wants to find the treasure) and Sean Bean's character (who wants to sell it.
No, we mean pay. And by pay, me mean "disposed as untaxable gifts to Congresscritters and Senators as a fiduciary incentive to anally rape the public in a financial manner."
Well, to be honest,t his has been going on for a considerable length of time, and not just in the sciences.
For example, to purchase my textbooks for the first year if University new, it would have cost double the Loan price. Even used, it cost nearly half the amount of the student loan to get each book. And that was before taking into account the cost to Universities of access to the journals and magazines that are required in order to produce sufficient references for even two assignments.
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...The bits just fall down the rabbit holes, them Aussies call a pisspot.
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Call it what it is: "Repressive". Becaus eit does literally nothing for Africa, but lots against it.
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Case in point: Tom Cruise.
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Fair use only applies at the Further Education level mostly automatically?
But education starts when a person is born. So my question is this?
Why are you not allowing copying by all achools?
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For example, to purchase my textbooks for the first year if University new, it would have cost double the Loan price. Even used, it cost nearly half the amount of the student loan to get each book. And that was before taking into account the cost to Universities of access to the journals and magazines that are required in order to produce sufficient references for even two assignments.
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