March
2, 2004
Six Publishers
File Copyright Infringement Suit
The University of
Chicago Press, Princeton University Press, Elsevieir, inc., Pearson
Education, John Wiley & Sons and SAGE Publications filed a copyright
infringement suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District
of Texas in Austin against the owners of three Austin, Texas printing
companies.
The publishers say
that Netpaks, Abel's Copies and Speedway Copying regularly duplicated
and distributed copyrighted college course materials without obtaining
permission, with Netpaks offering the content online.
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Thomson to Introduce
Cheaper Textbook Line
In response to student
and instructor demand for quality learning materials at lower prices,
Thomson Higher Education will produce a new line of lower-priced texts
as well as digital versions of texts. The Advantage Series, a comprehensive
selection of lower-priced texts and electronic solutions in the fields
of humanities, behavioral and social sciences, sciences, and mathematics,
will be offered at 25 percent below the price of typical hardcover texts.
Digital Discounts will provide special limited-time offers on digital
versions of selected leading Thomson Higher Education texts. The new
line of texts will be available in summer and/or fall 2004.
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New, Free Textbook
Uses 3-D Imaging
New Mexico Tech
electrical engineering Professor Stephen Bruder has developed a new
online robotics textbook that utilizes 3-D imaging. An Introduction
to Robotic Manipulators — An Online Course in Robotics, which will
be used this fall in a New Mexico Tech senior-level robotics course,
is free to anyone who wants to use it. View it here: http://isrg.nmt.edu/robotics_class
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