@pharoah327
As a professor, this is why I don't require textbooks for my classes. All material is given freely to students via pdfs that I wrote.
@aquatrax123
When you get the boot leg copy you truly get a lifetime license lol
@OVERKILL_PINBALL
Companies should not be allowed to redefine words...
@gblargg
It would be a shame if a bunch of people bought lifetime licenses to those books, then contacted support and confirmed that it means lifetime, then demand a refund when they confirm that it's only a few years. Those chargeback fees would add up on $100 books.
@mistersamdi
Since I can't give this on the BwE video, I'll do it here. Keep going strong!
@isbestlizard
If you collect enough people you could start a class action lawsuit and in a few years have a settlement where you get a $2 voucher off your next e-textbook while the lawyers make millions of dollars :D
@tomstech4390
If nobody goes to jail for committing a serious crime it's not a law, it's a guideline.
@tonraqkorr230
Piracy is back in fashion
@Stant123
Why call it lifetime? Just call it 5 years and be done with it. i shouldn't need to read the fine print to figure that out.
@Housestationlive
if you're selling a 5 years license, just write "5 years". is it THAT complicated?
@Kycirion
I just finished Trigonometry and was required to "purchase" a textbook. And by purchase, I mean a license for 180 day electronic access..... Yo ho.
@foxronyo
The other point is that when you click on '180 Days' or '1 Year', it gives an expiry date, something which is missing when you select 'Lifetime' further implying that once you buy it, it will always be available, when, as you've pointed out, is actually only "some point within the next 5 years".
@Ludicrous_Speedway
My favorite is when I only bought an E textbook for class only because they said it included an offline download, thinking the Steam methodology was at play. No it was not an offline download, it allowed me to view it on their app as long as it had internet access in the last 3 days. Oh, and it didn't work on Linux too. Safe to say I found a pdf after that.
@solomondenning
I had a professor in college who was running through his syllabus on a PowerPoint slide first day of class. When he got to the slide about the textbook it showed an image of a typical textbook for that course, and then an animation of it exploding into a ball of flames. Then he explained to us that he doesn’t believe textbooks are useful anymore, and that all of his coursework was going to be from his own doing 😂
@sleepingwitdemons3666
You're on a roll today and I'm here for it. Keep calling these scumbag companies out. Also, Cengage and Pearson are notorious for offering "purchases" of books which are literally just licenses. Its ridiculous. I had to pay 140 fucking dollars to complete my Engineering Physics I class as the HOMEWORK AND ASSIGNMENTS WERE BAKED INTO THE BOOK RENTAL. Unfuckingreal. Professors need to stop making people use these services and books and just use open source material like LibreTexts.
@z50king29
I live in California. I reported them. Thanks for the info
@coweatsman
Use to be that a boot leg copy would be a poorer quality product. Today the official legal copy is more expensive and of lower quality and cancellable and editable in a blink.
@akshonclip
As a California resident I can attest they only enforce the laws that make them revenue.
@metaintuit
I could be mistaken, but i recall a federal law dictating that a "lifetime guarantee" is a minimum of 60 years and a "lifetime supply" is equivalent to one of a given product per day for 40 years. Again, i may be recalling incorrectly, I am not a lawyer.
@rossmanngroup