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Students Flock to Web Sites Offering Pirated Textbooks

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Title:

Students Flock to Web Sites Offering Pirated Textbooks (ID: CSD5498)

Author(s):

Jeffrey R. Young (The Chronicle of Higher Education)

Origin:

Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (09/04/2008)

Type:

Articles, Papers, and Reports

Abstract:

A new survey of students found that about a quarter of them reported hunting for an illegal copy of a textbook from pirate Web sites.

The survey was small—only about 500 students from two colleges—but it is one of several indicators that downloading unauthorized textbooks is becoming commonplace at college campuses.

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http://chronicle.com/free/2008/09/4477n.htm

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