MSA plans to set up a store that will produce and sell coursepacks in conjunction with the Michigan Union Bookstore. Sales are scheduled to start during winter term. MSA President Mike Nagrant, who promised the new store during his campaign last year, said plans for the store are coming together. However, we're only going to produce non-royalty coursepacks winter term. A motivation for opening the store is the current prices of coursepacks in Ann Arbor.
Some students pay nearly as much for coursepacks as they do for books.
It's just a bad system. Robillard is not alone in his high spending. Over the past few years, publishers have sued stores that put together coursepacks, alleging improper use of copyrighted materials. After losing a lawsuit last year, Michigan Document Service was forced to make sure the store properly pay royalty fees. Michigan Document Services owner Jim Smith said that as a result of his store's court loss to publishing companies, there is no cheaper way to produce coursepacks besides charging for each page of copied material.