There is a racket going on with college textbooks.
These days you can wind up spending $300 on a required book for a class.
And there's various schemes to discourage a used market, kickbacks to
encourage the powers that be to choose specific textbooks, etc
Costs can be way more than $1k/yr.
Not true everywhere.?
Some schools make a policy of of using freely available material where possible.
And even make it possible to get credit by "attending" class online.
Worth considering when shopping for a University.
Generally speaking, I find it best to keep my nose clean with respect to obeying the law.
If you feel a law is wrong enough that it needs breaking, then go for it.
That can at times be an important civic duty.
But don't be surprised if there are consequences.
Regarding the ARRL and their grip on those copyrights, that's their privilege.
They seem enough of a force for mostly good that it is worth putting up with (YMMV).
Though if I spent 6 months on a project that I wanted made easily available
to amateurs worldwide, publishing in QST or QEX would not be my first choice.
Jerry, KE7ER
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On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 02:05 PM, Ken Hansen wrote:
So textbooks cost $1K/year, tuition is $20K, and it's the TEXTBOOKS that are the problem?
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