And then there are those who argue that there is an issue of intellectual
property and copyright. If a student has notes given to them by a classmate,
some say, then that is a favor to help a classmate. If someone sells notes
taken in their class, some believe it is an infringement of intellectual
property and copyright issue.
"Helweg-Larsen, Marie" wrote:
>Subject: RE: [tips] NoNotes
> It's just a transcription service. That's pretty
> old-fashioned really. It costs $9.57 an hour (pretty
> cheap - I'm guessing they contract with people in
> 3rd world countries).
>
> Note taking services have been around forever. Most
> big universities have professional local shops that
> hire students to take and turn in notes that are
> then made available to student who buy them for a
> fee. When I was a grad student at UCLA it was often
> the TAs who made a little money on the side by
> turning in their notes. Of course many (most?)
> schools offer this service for students who have a
> disability that prevents them from taking notes.
.
Robert W. Wildblood, PhD
Riverside Counseling Center and
Adjunct Psychology Faculty @
Germanna Community College
[email protected]
.
The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the
most superficial declamation; as a feather and a guinea fall with equal
velocity in a vacuum.
- Charles Caleb Colton, author and clergyman (1780-1832)
.
Be like the fountain that overflows,
not like the cistern that merely contains.
-Paulo Coelho, Brazilian Author and Lyricist
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our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and
the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible.
- Barack Obama, President of the United States of America
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