A: The class leader has a notebook our senior schoolmate left us, and he’s willing to print off a copy you can sign up for. Do you want to put your name down for one?
B: I don’t suppose it’s free, is it? How much is he asking for?
A: NT$150, as some of the pages are in color.
Photo: Yu Chao-fu, Liberty Times 照片：自由時報記者余肇福
B: Heavens, it’s more expensive to photocopy a notebook than it is to copy a textbook. The copy shop opposite the university will print you a textbook, including the binding, for only NT$120.
A: Whoa, photocopying textbooks is copyright infringement! If you get caught, you’ll be in for it.
A: 班代說有一本學長傳承下來的筆記，可以影印給大家，你要不要也登記一份？
B: 這應該不是免費的吧？一本要多少錢？
A: 一百五，因為裡面有幾頁是彩色的。
B: 天哪，影印筆記比我影印教科書還貴！學校對面那家影印店賣影印的教科書，含裝訂才一百二十塊。
A: 哇，影印教科書是違反著作權法的喔！被抓到的話麻煩就大了。
（Translated by Paul Cooper, Taipei Times／台北時報林俐凱）
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Chinese 中文:
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