From TFA:
The inspiration came to her as she prepared teaching materials for her class.
"I would find these things on Wikipedia," she said, and would think, "Gosh, this is awfully thin here. I wonder if my students could fill this in?" So, the new teaching way is:
1) Search Wikipedia for teaching materials.
2) Nothing here.
3) Ask students to fill the teaching materials.
4) No need to teach any more, as the students now understand the topic.
5) ?
6) Profit.
It started in 2001 for cdr-s, and it extended to any device able to stock files. ipods, dvd-rs, and yes, hard disks. For a 40 to 80 GB disk (so any portable player with the same capacity falls into that category) the tax is 28 euros. 28.
The tax goes to the SACEM (the French RIAA), who then redistributes "to the artists" the money. The redistribution process is far from clear, but hey, it is a law.
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1) Search Wikipedia for teaching materials.
2) Nothing here.
3) Ask students to fill the teaching materials.
4) No need to teach any more, as the students now understand the topic.
5) ?
6) Profit.
It started in 2001 for cdr-s, and it extended to any device able to stock files. ipods, dvd-rs, and yes, hard disks. For a 40 to 80 GB disk (so any portable player with the same capacity falls into that category) the tax is 28 euros. 28.
The tax goes to the SACEM (the French RIAA), who then redistributes "to the artists" the money. The redistribution process is far from clear, but hey, it is a law.