Dowbrigade

Finally
– Someone cares enough to violate the intellectual property rights of
people who do what I do for a living – lecture to BU students!

It’s amazing how finding yourself on the other side of the bar can affect
your drinking habits. What are my thoughts aboiut companies that buy
lecture notes from students and sell them to other students ($5 per lecture,
$49 for a complete course)?

First, if the teacher was getting a cut I would be all for it. Otherwise,
well, lets just say my empathy for studio musicians went up a notch.

Second, buyer beware…..

In the first six weeks of the semester, Beantown Notes has blanketed
the campus with fliers, advertised in the student newspaper, and set
up Web page and a storefront a block from campus on Beacon Street. The
firm says it currently offers notes from about 30 classes.

But now BU wants to shut the company down for stealing its intellectual
property, saying that what Beantown Notes is doing is illegal.

from
the Boston Globe