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...only bargain in textbook shopping this semester: students buying sourcebooks for their spring classes get an arithmetic lesson for free. Prices have skyrocketed due to increased enforcement of copyright laws, according to sourcebook publishers...
...sourcebook prices at Shapiro's Gnomon Copy Center on 99 Mt. Auburn Street will reflect the cost of all copyright fees associated with the material contained in the sourcebooks he publishes...
...copyright notice is now issued with every sourcebook Shapiro produces. "The reproduction of this material was copied with permission of the copyright holder," the disclaimer reads. "In an educational setting it is especially necessary to operate within the bounds of the copyright laws...
...result? A 1000-page sourcebook which previously sold for about $50 now sells upwards of $130, Shapiro said. On a single sourcebook page, containing two pages of copy- righted material, "what used to be a nickel isnow 13-21 cents, and it all goes to thepublisher," he added...
William G. Witt, the copyright officer forsourcebook publications for the Faculty of Artsand Sciences at Harvard, gave another example of ahighly-priced sourcebook...