• anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz
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      2 months ago

      Just download digital copies of the textbooks and say you need them as training material for your own AI dataset when the copyright holders come after you.

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        Not for textbooks…

        Like, if your curious there’s a bunch of info out there about why the situation is so fucked.

        But in general they release new editions almost every year, with the same information just shuffled so page numbers are different. Even really petty stuff like keeping the same practice work, but changing the order of answers so you need the most updated book every year.

      • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        2 months ago

        We do. The issue is at the college/university level, most courses require specific edition textbooks (they update them every 1-2 years) that the professors assign homework questions out of. You’ll be lucky if the school library has a copy more recent than the last 8 years.
        Then on top of that, many professors will also use digital 3rd party homework services that are tied to a textbook access code that you only get with a new copy. So unless you pay up you can’t do homework and fail the class.

        The whole system is fucking bullshit

    • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.net
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      2 months ago

      it’s fine when the theft flows up the pyramid. it’s not fine when the theft is us stealing back what was always ours