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Curt S

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07 May 2020, 10:16

Mr Johan Botha, You should be ashamed

Way to go. Reporting underprivileged varsity students while under lockdown. Student dont have access to their books that were left in res and Mr Johan Botha thought it was a good idea to go and report them. Nice. At +-R1000 a textbook, which is ridiculous, students cant just go buy a 2nd textbook to work with from home. Many households have lost all their income from this pandemic due to loss of jobs or not being able to work. And you thought this was a good time to take advantage of that fact and report then for using the resources available to them. Firstl, no one of these students are profiting off these copies. They are merely using them to study from. And secondly, if you had a problem with this situation, take it up with the university itself and seek to get compensation from them. Not scared and vulnerable students just trying to get their degree.

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LexisNexis South Africa
LexisNexis South Africa's reply07 May 2020, 21:14
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Dear Curt S
As a company that has served the students and professionals of this country for over 85 years, LexisNexis South Africa is mindful of the significant challenges being faced by the communities we serve, as we confront a common enemy in the form of the COVID-19 pandemic.  We wish to reassure the student community that we do indeed understand its plight and are keen to minimise the impact of COVID-19 on studies. We have also implemented a number of measures to provide relief and support to customers, NGOs, government and employees over this period.   
 
We became aware of a copyright infringement incident involving a group of university students and would like to place on record that the matter is currently under internal investigation. We are in touch with the university and this matter is currently under investigation by them as well. Copyright infringement remains against the law – whatever the circumstances – and the ******** reproduction of such material cannot be condoned for many reasons, including the loss of income for authors who invest much effort, IP and time into writing these books. It also has a detrimental effect on the entire value chain involved in the process of creating a product like this and bringing it to market. Over time, authors would stop writing these books as it would not be a viable use of their time and effort, and it would be our students who are negatively affected as a result. 
 
We call upon students to please act responsibly as they prepare to become the young professionals of this country. 
 
 Regards
 Neliswa Mncube
 GM: Corporate Communications & Brand