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Barrons Hebrew

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Printed Date: 16 January 2009 at 2:16am


Topic: Barrons Hebrew
Posted By: Budz888
Subject: Barrons Hebrew
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 7:29pm
I downloaded the Hebrew course, then thought I'd have a look at the Barrons Hebrew course that I'd bought a few years ago and lo and behold it's exactly the same.
 
What's the story?  Did they just take the public domain FSI course, do it up a bit and charge money for it?  Even the print quality looks about the same in the book.
 
Is this an indication that no-one cares what people do with it.
 
I've also noticed a few book-shops advertising FSI courses for $200 plus.  How can they be doing this when you can download them here for free?



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Posted By: DemiPuppet
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 8:03pm
I downloaded the Hebrew course, then thought I'd have a look at the Barrons Hebrew course that I'd bought a few years ago and lo and behold it's exactly the same.
 
What's the story?  Did they just take the public domain FSI course, do it up a bit and charge money for it?
Yes.

Even the print quality looks about the same in the book.
 
Is this an indication that no-one cares what people do with it.
By definition, if it in the public domain you can do anything you want with it.
 
I've also noticed a few book-shops advertising FSI courses for $200 plus.  How can they be doing this when you can download them here for free? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theres_a_sucker_born_every_minute -

Actually the reproduction quality of the print in the Barron's book (though small) is better than the version I posted to this site.


Posted By: Ragtime Willie
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 8:05pm
I paid approximately $900 for the four volumes of the French FSI course from Audio Forum, before this site existed.  gdfellows is really doing the world a wonderful service.



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Will



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