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..Free Education Now!
.....books...work...school...study......Let it be YOUR choice!
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Go to class and enjoy the company of real living people!
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Fight for your right to education!
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This website is devoted to the fight against commercial notes companies that post unauthorized lecture notes on the internet.
The site provides Five Information Pages and Two Position Papers on important issues concerning online notes companies.
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INFORMATION PAGES
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  • Education Facts  A summary presentation about online notes companies and the educational response.
  • Education News Online  A collection of informative internet articles about notes companies.  
  • Education News  Three pages of articles with facts and informed opinions from students and teachers!
  • Education Interventions  Discusses strategies from educational, technological, and legal viewpoints.
  • The Anti-Education List  An updated list of commercial notes companies and their websites.
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    POSITION PAPERS
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  • University4Sale.com: The Educational Cost of Free Lecture Notes on the Internet  Discusses  educational arguments against commercial notes companies.
  • Teaching Laws: The Legal Protection of Education and Its Relevance for Online Notes Companies  Explains legal and policy issues to protect our educational rights to teach and learn.
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    Note to Educators!
    Early 2000, I sent out a mailing package to some 130 colleges and universities to help contribute to efforts to halt the invasion of online notes companies and develop appropriate policies. Anybody who teaches and/or represents a university administration can receive a free copy of the information package!
    DeflemM@sri.soc.purdue.edu
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    And fortunately...
    OUR BATTLE IS NOT IN VAIN!
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    This site has received much favorable response and has been featured in various media sources, including:
    The Star Tribune, -The Village Voice, The Denver Post, Statelines, Dispatches, USA Today, The Chronicle of Higher Education , again in The Chronicle, and in the college press, which has been very supportive! See, for instance, the articles in: The University Daily Kansan, The Chronicle, The Purdue Exponent, The Harvard Crimson, and The Cavalier Daily.

    I often get very favorable responses
    from students and teachers who share a
    strong commitment to  education.
    Many thanks to all of you for your support!

    Support education!

    Have fun with the miracles of meeting other students in a real classroom!
    The notes YOU take are really free and you can actually read and use them too!
    Do something fun! Go to class and take your own notes! You'll love them! You really will!
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    Mathieu Deflem Home Page
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    These pages are part of a private initiative by Mathieu Deflem. I am not supported by millions of dollars from investors and pay no lawyers.This initiative is meant to inform students and teachers who are concerned about online notes companies and to stimulate awareness about the many problems involved. I realize that this website is definitely not enough to stop the menace of these companies, some of which are relying on millions of dollars in financing from multiple investors. We need an organized, university-sanctioned and legally valid response. This website hopes to contribute to the fight! University administrators can contact me for an information package. Mathieu Deflem is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Purdue University. Email: DeflemM@sri.soc.purdue.edu.
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    .This site has been developed since September 1999.
    Last up-date: February 27, 2000.
    Mathieu Deflem is solely responsible for the posting of all contents, all the
    opinions expressed, and the design of the website.
    DeflemM@sri.soc.purdue.edu

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