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Latvian Police Raid Teacher's Home for Uploading $4.00 Textbook

Posted by Unknown on Monday May 20, 2013 @04:06PM from the one-officer-per-dollar dept.

richlv writes "Latvian police recently raided the home of a history teacher and confiscated his computer. The crime? Scanning a history book and making it available on his website covering various topics on history. The raid was based on a complaint from the publisher (Google Translate to English), which has a near-monopoly on educational materials in Latvia, often linked with shady connections in the Ministry of Education."

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Re:textbook publishers use all kinds of BS to keep by AK+Marc · 2013-05-20 16:23 · Score: 2, Funny

He didn't get no edumacation.

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Re:textbook publishers use all kinds of BS to keep by VortexCortex · 2013-05-20 16:54 · Score: 3, Funny

He didn't get no edumacation.
He don't needed no foursed corntroll.
Re:textbook publishers use all kinds of BS to keep by darkshadow88 · 2013-05-20 16:57 · Score: 4, Funny

He didn't get no edumacation.
What do you expect? He couldn't afford the textbooks!
Re:and in the us the same book will be $200-$400 u by noh8rz10 · 2013-05-20 17:11 · Score: 5, Funny

in latvia, history teaches you!