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The music business clung and continues to cling to their antiquated business model. Textbook makers on the other hand appear to be grasping the digital bull by the horns and are embracing the new iPad-driven textbook paradigm with gusto. That said, there probably isn’t another industry more amenable to the adoption of open-source and Creative Commons licensing.

So, there’s more than a little irony in the idea of the world’s most-derivative business, the perennial repackagers of last year’s knowledge being among the best examples of an old industry adopting new technology…

What’s your take?

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