September 15, 2000
Sale of Theses on Contentville Raises Hackles in U.S. and Canada
Some scholars rue the loss of control, but others see value in greater visibility for their work
"Who are they, and why are they selling a copy of my thesis?"
Those are questions that hundreds of academics have been asking this summer, after learning that an online book retailer called Contentville.com is selling master's theses and doctoral dissertations by American and Canadian scholars.
The consumer-oriented Web site, which started in July,
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