跳到正文

麦格劳-希尔教育

争议事件

以下收录公开来源中与该品牌相关的争议事件。列出一条并不表示过错已经证实。

返回词条共 4 条

  1. 2021

    出版商就涉嫌教科书盗版起诉Shopify

    提起诉讼

    五家教科书出版商在美国法院提起诉讼,指控Shopify允许使用其技术的网站复制和销售据称盗版或侵犯出版商商标的教科书及其他材料。这些内容属于诉讼指控,并非文中所述的法院认定。

    品牌回应

    • 澄清 — Shopify

      Shopify spokeswoman Rebecca Feigelsohn said the company requires merchants to agree to its terms of service and acceptable use policy (AUP) before signing up.

    来源摘录

    • In a lawsuit filed in a U.S. court on Wednesday, the publishers allege the e-commerce company allows several websites using its technology to illegally reproduce and sell textbooks, test banks and other manuals that are identical or "substantially indistinguishable" from their products.
    • The five publishers making the accusations against the Ottawa-based technology company are Macmillan Learning, Cengage Learning Inc., Elsevier Inc., McGraw Hill LLC and Pearson Education Inc.
    • Shopify spokeswoman Rebecca Feigelsohn said the company requires merchants to agree to its terms of service and acceptable use policy (AUP) before signing up.
  2. 2020

    对数字教科书定价的批评

    在COVID-19向远程学习转变期间,麦格劳-希尔面临指控,称一些电子教科书和访问产品的定价远高于类似的印刷材料。可用的参考资料并未确定最终的法律结果。

  3. 2015

    对教科书关于奴隶制语言的批评

    一本地理教科书因将被奴役的非裔美国人描述为“工人”而受到批评。麦格劳-希尔道歉,更改了数字版本,并无偿向学校提供替换材料。

  4. 1990

    詹姆斯·鲍德温预付款纠纷

    麦格劳-希尔起诉作家和民权活动家詹姆斯·鲍德温的遗产,以追回一本未完成回忆录的预付款。该公司后来撤诉,称不希望给鲍德温的家人带来更多痛苦。