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SCI-TECH: Pirated electronic textbooks?
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Pirated electronic textbooks?


(NECN: Boston, Mass.) - There is a growing problem of pirated material online, but we are not talking about illegal music downloads. It seems cash-strapped students have found an illegal avenue to obtain textbooks.

Hiawatha Bray writes about the problem in today's Boston Globe and he joins NECN to talk about the issue.

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