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I remember that ! When I was in school, they had a service - they would hire
someone from each class to take notes and type them up. Then you could buy
them. It was very convenient for when you had to miss a class. Of course, then
it becomes like Cliff Notes - people start to take advantage of it!
Hannah
"McKown, John" <JMckown_at_healthaxis.com> on 11/29/2000 02:20:57 PM
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FYI - some colleges are now trying to make it illegal to sell your class notes. The ones that you took yourself, not ones supplied by the prof. Same with term papers and so forth. So it *may* become illegal to sell certain types of books, but I don't think that it is now.
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> From: Hannah.M.Doran_at_sb.com [SMTP:Hannah.M.Doran_at_sb.com]
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> Michael,
>
> I agree with you about the software. But I think that its ok for the
> books. Software has different copyright and licsening laws governing
> them.
> For books, I believe that you just cannot make copies in any form
> (electronic or
> physical). I don't think that Oracle can tell you not to sell them. It
> would
> be like colleges saying you can't sell your textbooks. And there are
> stores
> that specialize in the reslling only.
>
> I already have purchased exam *software* myself, and would n't want
> to step
> on any laws (I'm such a good girl). But I dont think that Oracle can
> legally
> tell people NOT to sell their textbooks.
>
>
> Thanks for the feedback!
>
> Hannah
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "Michael Ray" <Michael.Ray_at_trw.com> on 11/28/2000 03:41:42 PM
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> It is not legal to sell the STS software. You can read their info at
> http://www.selftestsoftware.com/shop/LicenseAgreement.asp
>
> Oracle does not say anything specifically on their site, but I find it
> hard to
> imagine they would be willing to let you resell the books because then
> people
> would not need to go to the classes where they make all their $$$.
>
> Oddly enough, the great majority of the course book content is a DIRECT
> COPY of
> excerpts from their various documentation. The coursebooks just have it
> condensed down to the bare minimum of what they want you to know
> apparently and
> it is all in one location rather than several manuals potentially. So
> maybe
> given the fact that is essentially a copy of free material (the CD version
> at
> least), maybe you can sell them. I suppose you should call Oracle and
> plead your
> case.
>
> As far as I know, only instructors and Oracle employees can get the
> coursebooks
> (and class participants, of course). My last instructor was pretty helpful
> in
> explaining a lot of internal Oracle "stuff". We had an Oracle employee in
> the
> class who wanted a book and the instructor said he could get it since he
> was an
> employee. He just needed the part number. Regular people like us are out
> of
> luck.
>
> Michael Ray
> Oracle DBA
> TRW, Marshall, IL
> 217-826-3011 x2438
>
> >>> Hannah.M.Doran_at_sb.com 11/28/00 11:42AM >>>
> Hi guys, just starting a new thread as the subject has changed a bit. I'm
> very
> interested in the response. (and if legal, if anyone wants to sell, I'm
> in the
> market:>) << File: Internet HTML >>
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