You are right, it is surprising. The proposal does not only cater to the recording and movie industries. It also makes it illegal to copy student litterature, something that politicians regard as a "major problem". right now, we are allowed to make complete copies for personal use. this proposal makes it illegal to make a complete copy.
now, being a swedish student, taking government-subsidised loans to pay for my education, I'm confused. The government wants a highly educated population to compete in a globalized world. Wouldn't cheap student litterature save the government money? By not getting all the litterature for a course, students will be more likely to fail that course, and thus need more government-subsidised loans, and also finish their educations later than necessary.
highly educated people working, innovating and paying taxes is a huge win for the government. thus, the logical thing to do would be to support students as far as possible. this is most definately a step in the wrong direction.
of course, students will most likely continue to copy litterature, as well as music and movies.
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You are right, it is surprising. The proposal does not only cater to the recording and movie industries. It also makes it illegal to copy student litterature, something that politicians regard as a "major problem". right now, we are allowed to make complete copies for personal use. this proposal makes it illegal to make a complete copy.
now, being a swedish student, taking government-subsidised loans to pay for my education, I'm confused.
The government wants a highly educated population to compete in a globalized world. Wouldn't cheap student litterature save the government money? By not getting all the litterature for a course, students will be more likely to fail that course, and thus need more government-subsidised loans, and also finish their educations later than necessary.
highly educated people working, innovating and paying taxes is a huge win for the government. thus, the logical thing to do would be to support students as far as possible. this is most definately a step in the wrong direction.
of course, students will most likely continue to copy litterature, as well as music and movies.