The Coop, Harvard's Barnes-and-Noble-run bookstore, has begun to throw out students who "take a lot of notes" about book pricing, stating that their prices are "intellectual property." Apparently, no one with a Harvard Law degree is involved in formulating this notion, as factual matters (such as pricing) are not copyrightable.Coop President Jerry P. Murphy '73 said that while there is no Coop policy against individual students copying down book information, "we discourage people who are taking down a lot of notes." The apparent new policy could be a response to efforts by Crimsonreading.org -- an online database that allows students to find the books they need for each course at discounted prices from several online booksellers -- from writing down the ISBN identification numbers for books at the Coop and then using that information for their Web site. Murphy said the Coop considers that information the Coop's intellectual property.
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Prices as Intellectual Property
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[Posted at 09/19/2007 06:09 PM by Michael Perelman on Intellectual Property 
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Hi,
This menssage is just to congatrulate you for the blog and to say that you guys have audience even in a far land as Brazil. We here also fight against intelectual monopoly www.aepidemia.org Best regards
[Comment at 09/24/2007 10:00 AM by Manoel Galdino]
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