Question regarding Dr. Collin's PCAT study guide

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[JonPrePharmD]

Hi all!

I'm new to this forum and i have a quick question about legal rights.

My cousin purchased a "photocopied" version of the study guide for the PCAT exam by Dr. Collin because someone told him that it was really good, so he bought the cheapest one he can find.

He has never seen the original study guide; therefore he has no idea that it was actually copyrighted, he thought it was just a bunch of practice exams. He also saw a picture on Amazon showing the study guide as a "packet of papers", so he continued on with his studies and finished the exam.

Upon completion, he no longer need the packets so he resold them to someone else on EBay. He talked to me about this 2-3 days ago and I told him that it was illegal to sell because it was actually copyrighted; he freaked.

So we did a research online and it seems that upon purchasing the original packet, a person has to signed an agreement saying that they will not photocopy the original material upon purchasing it.

Since that was the case and my friend neither purchased nor signed the agreement form. He did not participate in making photocopies of the original, but he DID participated in passing an illegal copy around.

Should my cousin contact Dr. Collins regarding this issue? or is he just being too paranoid because he's not the one responsible for the signature as well as the photocopies.

I think the fact that this forum has some guidelines regarding the purchase and selling of copyrighted items, you'll probably get the same type of responses.

I just wonder why you made this thread. He sold them, so he's already sold them. Doesn't matter if he didn't know they were copied. People claim that all the time in copyright violation matters in court and they never win. He should have knew something that is $350 shouldn't only cost him $90, somethings up eh?

The fact that he bought photocopied materials goes to show that they person he bought from is selling copies for pure profit, like their own business! This person will most likely be caught, as lawyers for Dr. Collins frequent these forums and send cease and desist messages.

 

[gotgame740]

Hi all!

I'm new to this forum and i have a quick question about legal rights.

My cousin purchased a "photocopied" version of the study guide for the PCAT exam by Dr. Collin because someone told him that it was really good, so he bought the cheapest one he can find.

He has never seen the original study guide; therefore he has no idea that it was actually copyrighted, he thought it was just a bunch of practice exams. He also saw a picture on Amazon showing the study guide as a "packet of papers", so he continued on with his studies and finished the exam.

Upon completion, he no longer need the packets so he resold them to someone else on EBay. He talked to me about this 2-3 days ago and I told him that it was illegal to sell because it was actually copyrighted; he freaked.

So we did a research online and it seems that upon purchasing the original packet, a person has to signed an agreement saying that they will not photocopy the original material upon purchasing it.

Since that was the case and my friend neither purchased nor signed the agreement form. He did not participate in making photocopies of the original, but he DID participated in passing an illegal copy around.

Should my cousin contact Dr. Collins regarding this issue? or is he just being too paranoid because he's not the one responsible for the signature as well as the photocopies.

I personally don't think it's a big deal. People sell their Dr Collins study guides on here all the time. In fact, I would have put mine up for sale after my PCAT yesterday (98 composite!! woot woot!!😀), except for I have a friend that's taking it in September

 

[luckyrx]

is he shirin?

 

[pj23]

.

 

[gotgame740]

98 Composite?!!! Congrats! What else did you use to study besides Dr. Collin's materials?

I skimmed thru the Kaplan bio and took the 3 Pearson practice tests, with everything timed.

 

[thesituation559]

I skimmed thru the Kaplan bio and took the 3 Pearson practice tests, with everything timed.

Did the qaunt section help a lot for collins? How did you use the packet and test to study for that section?

 

[gotgame740]

Did the qaunt section help a lot for collins? How did you use the packet and test to study for that section?

The Collins helped a good amount for QA, but you have to make sure you can do the different types of problems, because they will switch it up on the actual test. Make sure you can do all the practice tests with time left over. And on the real test, make sure to skip questions you don't know or that are too hard and come back to them

 

[xNeenax]

nevermind...

 

[choisongyi]

If anyone of you took the pcat on july already, can you please give me some tips of how to survive it with a "safe" grade?
I am taking it on Sept, I've been trying on the Dr Collins materials over 2 weeks, still I'm looking for the technique of taking pcat exam :-\
Thanks in advance!! 😀

 

[MGM921]

Timed practice is very important. The hardest part is not the problems, but time management... Specially with Quant and RC.