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iPads, books and copyright...?

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  • 18-08-2017 3:43pm
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    Dinarius
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    Asking this on behalf of a friend:

    I don't have children, so I'm clueless on this topic.

    A friend with children in a Dublin school has been told that she has to buy books in hard copy form and downloaded onto an iPad.

    The hard copy books can be passed on to her younger children next year and the year after.

    The catch with the downloaded books is that they are wiped from the iPads at the end of the school year, it seems. So, they have to be repurchased at the beginning of the following term.

    Why is this?

    If you buy a book on Kindle, isn't it for keeps?

    If this is true, why aren't people up in arms about it?

    Thanks.

    D.


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    gctest50
    Registered Users Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭gctest50


    Because : Scam


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    Dinarius
    Registered Users Posts: 3,407 ✭✭✭Dinarius


    gctest50 wrote: »
    Because : Scam

    So, why are TDs, Dept. of Ed. etc. being dragged over hot coals over this?

    Amazed it hasn't been rehearsed on Joe Duffy.

    Thanks.

    D.


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    gctest50
    Registered Users Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭gctest50


    Dinarius wrote: »
    .....

    The hard copy books can be passed on to her younger children next year and the year after.

    ........

    This too :

    tBnSCOc.jpg



    ain't a natural posture that, can't be good

    need to move away from that craic ASAP

    hth


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