A couple of recent news items for light relief, in case you missed them....
A professor at a Japanese medical school has just confessed to illegally
copying a textbook on medical ethics. He got several hundred pirate copies
printed, with a new cover and title. Then forced his students to buy copies
in a note that read 'students failing to pay will lose the right to sit the
final exams'!
(picked up by a paper from
http://www12.mainichi.co.jp/news/mdn/search-news/850082/kochi-0-1.html)
In Holland, Tennis 'Rancid' Tuen was taken to court after unlawfully
re-entering a library from which he had been banned for causing a foul smell
after removing his shoes and socks. When he was told off for doing the same
in court, he made an official complaint. A panel of judges must now decide
whether he was a victim of prejudice.
(Metro, 29/4/2002)
Fiona
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Coming soon to The British Library Galleries :
Trading Places : the East India Company and Asia (from 24th May)
Magic Pencil : Children's Book Illustration Today (from 1st November)
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