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* User Freedom. Their use of DRM and attempts at preventing piracy degrades the user experience for legitimate users, restricting copying and pasting from eBooks, only loading a single page at a time, restricting printing. Due to their partnerships with universities, many students are left with no choice but to buy access to books on their platform without any alternatives | *User Freedom. Their use of DRM and attempts at preventing piracy degrades the user experience for legitimate users, restricting copying and pasting from eBooks, only loading a single page at a time, restricting printing. Due to their partnerships with universities, many students are left with no choice but to buy access to books on their platform without any alternatives | ||
* User Privacy | *User Privacy | ||
* Business Model, since 2019 they have shifted their focus to eBooks that are frequently updated thereby making older versions obsolete. They also develop AI tools to assist with learning | *Business Model, since 2019 they have shifted their focus to eBooks that are frequently updated thereby making older versions obsolete. They also develop AI tools to assist with learning | ||
* Market Control. Largest company in higher education with influence over test administration, teacher licensing, educational software, eBooks, grading, guidelines | *Market Control. Largest company in higher education with influence over test administration, teacher licensing, educational software, eBooks, grading, guidelines | ||
==Incidents== | ==Incidents== | ||
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Outsourcing of work and craigslist hiring | |||
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making students, including those underage, sign NDAs prior to test administration | making students, including those underage, sign NDAs prior to test administration | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}}https://www.wiredacademic.com/2011/10/pearson-draws-criticism-from-new-york-to-texas-justified-or-unjustified/ | ||
https://www.pearson.com/content/dam/one-dot-com/one-dot-com/global/Files/get-the-facts/corporate-myth-fact-030116.pdf | |||
https://www.reddit.com/r/Teachers/comments/1glwk0/pearson_seems_to_control_everything_in_education/ | |||
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/may/05/pearson-shareholders-reject-pay-revolt-john-fallon | |||
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