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

Posted by Unknown on 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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  1. Re:and in the us the same book will be $200-$400 u by noh8rz10 · · Score: 5, Funny

    in latvia, history teaches you!