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> Big textbook publishers have been trying to pull this crap for years and were finally trounced in the Supreme Court when it was ruled that once a textbook is sold to someone, you don't get to dictate whether and where it can be resold.

Cue the rise of one-time-use codes in text books to register required software used for homework. I get that they need to make money, but by God they don't have to be scum while doing it.



I saw that while I was in college circa 2001; I was able to make an account with a used book and an example code shown in documentation -- but they cut it off midterm, so I stopped doing homework. :(


did this in college. If the one time use were consumed, you'd have to buy a new code from the publisher iirc




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