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Why is it allowed to upload commercial companies practise exams?
ninwa:
--- Quote from: Excalibur on November 04, 2008, 03:59:18 pm ---Question is, did you buy it?
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I would hope that at least part of the enormous amount of money going into school fees at my school would cover the purchase of the exams ...
Collin Li:
--- Quote from: bturville on November 04, 2008, 03:52:42 pm ---Its not like the companies are losing revenue, because its the schools that purchase the practise exams, not the students themselves.
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This is a good point. You can't just go "pirated copies" multiplied by "price" and say: that's how much revenue they're losing! You have to analyse the demand curve, and have a look whether people would have actually bought it for that price.
nerd:
--- Quote from: coblin on November 05, 2008, 09:38:09 am ---
--- Quote from: bturville on November 04, 2008, 03:52:42 pm ---Its not like the companies are losing revenue, because its the schools that purchase the practise exams, not the students themselves.
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This is a good point. You can't just go "pirated copies" multiplied by "price" and say: that's how much revenue they're losing! You have to analyse the demand curve, and have a look whether people would have actually bought it for that price.
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I don't think many individuals are buying practice exams. Mostly it's just schools that buy them (they are bloody expensive!) and just because they're online, doesn't mean schools are going to stop purchasing!
bturville:
--- Quote from: nerd on November 05, 2008, 07:10:04 pm ---
--- Quote from: coblin on November 05, 2008, 09:38:09 am ---
--- Quote from: bturville on November 04, 2008, 03:52:42 pm ---Its not like the companies are losing revenue, because its the schools that purchase the practise exams, not the students themselves.
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This is a good point. You can't just go "pirated copies" multiplied by "price" and say: that's how much revenue they're losing! You have to analyse the demand curve, and have a look whether people would have actually bought it for that price.
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I don't think many individuals are buying practice exams. Mostly it's just schools that buy them (they are bloody expensive!) and just because they're online, doesn't mean schools are going to stop purchasing!
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Exactly. The whole point is that people access the exams that their school HASN'T supplied. There's no point downloading an exam that your teacher has already given out. In no way is this going to decrease the amount of exams purchased by schools. (generalisation, but correct enough for this argument)
onlyfknhuman:
--- Quote from: Eriny on November 04, 2008, 03:48:42 pm ---I think it's good to post exams, whether this is legal or not, until the 'cease and desist' is actually made. For the following reasons:
1) The exams are shoddy anyway. The price people pay for them are exorbitant and they're still pretty shit, confusing and full of mistakes. These educational companies are already practically stealing from students by making them buy this crap before the students can even be aware that they are crap.
2) It saves me (and others) from having to email god knows how many exams to the people who want them. Posting them on the forum saves heaps of time.
3) The whole point of this website is to make educational resources accessible to all students, regardless of what school they're from. Some schools will give students giant exam packs, some will only get a couple of past VCAA exams. Having more exams available online bridges the gap.
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Yeah some schools get fuckn past VCAA exams thank you very much. talk about POV and a shit fckn school. Without past papers on VN, good joi mai game to my career.
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