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Lecture Notes Considered Infringement
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "According to a new lawsuit, taking notes in class is copyright infringement. Of course, it's not quite that simple. The professor is partnered with an E-book maker that wants to sell the material themselves, and the people taking notes pay students to take good ones, then sell copies to everyone else. But that just means that the case will hinge upon whether or not lecture notes are fair use. Either way, I wonder how long it will be before you will have to sign a EULA whenever you walk into class"
If this lawsuit succeeds, does that mean students won't have to take notes anymore?
This may be the first fair use lawsuit where college students actually support the person suing!
The same way my employer paid me to create code, the school pays the professor to create and deliver lectures.
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Shakespeare's ghost does. Under new copyright laws, copyright is the creator's life + 50 years + creator's afterlife.
Worse, how much credit does a student get if he completely blanks on a test, thereby demonstrating that he's done his civic duty by not remembering someone else's intellectual property?
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