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Amidst student efforts to facilitate cheap online purchase of costly textbooks, the Coop asked a student to leave the store in September because he was writing down information about textbook names and prices. The Coop claimed that the information was its “intellectual property.” That’s a real stretch, but judicial practice in copyright cases is unpredictable these days. Few students would have the nerve and the resources to stand on principle in federal court...
...Domestic Violence That textbook description of how an insurgency works was on show in the village we visited - a small collection of huts Deva and his unit of 130 men and women use as an occasional base as they constantly shift around the hills. There, as elsewhere, the Naxalites run a parallel administration, complete with tax collectors, a school and very basic health facilities. Late in the afternoon, seven women militants dressed in tunics and red sashes danced and sang for gathered villagers, preaching the benefits of Maoism, railing against exploitative mining companies and chanting about the evils...
Universities walk a difficult line in trying to minimize textbook costs while still respecting intellectual property. Three academic publishing companies are currently suing Georgia State University for its approach to this problem, arguing that the University’s online course packs violate copyright laws. Georgia State’s program is cost-effective for students, but it does not account for the importance of intellectual property, and schools need to find a way to satisfy the needs of both parties. Universities should make an effort to shoulder the burden of copyright costs that hike up the price of textbooks...
Last year, the pair teamed up with fellow psychology professor Daniel Schater—their publisher calls them “The Dans”—to write an introdcutory psychology textbook. And it was Gilbert who originally convinced Wegner to accept a teaching position at Harvard, prompting an auxiliary effect of practical jokes—like the time Wegner switched Gilbert’s nameplate with the men’s bathroom sign...
This isn’t the only time Gilbert’s beloved granddaughters play a cameo in his work. They pop up constantly in lecture slides, in his textbook, and especially in his speech. In prioritizing family, Gilbert incorporates a lesson from his research...