One possible solution is for the professors to post the notes on the web themselves... This has many advantages... first, the professors will clearly own the IP rights to these notes... and I would think that no one would buy these notes if they were available for free, places like study24-7 would all but dissapear... also they do the whole academic community a great service when they do this. Often times I have found the notes for classes at other univeristies quite useful. In almost all of my classes the professors post some form of class notes or lecture slides on the web. This makes for a much better classroom envrionment as it frees the students from having to spend time copying stuff down and they can actually spend the class time thinking, asking questions, and discussing, much better uses of class time I think. And if professors are unwilling to do this, I support other people posting them on the web, and if they want to make advertising money, more power to them... these notes can be a great learning tool. As for IP issues... I would think it is fine as long as they don't use the professors actual words in the notes.
I don't really see how the IETF's decision against built in tapping capablities, really has any practical effect, nor does any other companies decision to implement it on their own... Given standards as they are.. the only way that you can be sure that no third party is intercepting your information is the proper use of strong encryption... making easier for a specific third party to listen in doesn't change this in any significant way... in either case I have to use strong encryption to guarantee my privacy. On the other hand I think that the IETF's decision is wonderful in the sense that it shows that the internet community is opposed to government intrusion. So the ideological implications of the decision are much more important than the practical ones.
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One possible solution is for the professors to post the notes on the web themselves... This has many advantages... first, the professors will clearly own the IP rights to these notes... and I would think that no one would buy these notes if they were available for free, places like study24-7 would all but dissapear... also they do the whole academic community a great service when they do this. Often times I have found the notes for classes at other univeristies quite useful. In almost all of my classes the professors post some form of class notes or lecture slides on the web. This makes for a much better classroom envrionment as it frees the students from having to spend time copying stuff down and they can actually spend the class time thinking, asking questions, and discussing, much better uses of class time I think. And if professors are unwilling to do this, I support other people posting them on the web, and if they want to make advertising money, more power to them... these notes can be a great learning tool. As for IP issues... I would think it is fine as long as they don't use the professors actual words in the notes.
I don't really see how the IETF's decision against built in tapping capablities, really has any practical effect, nor does any other companies decision to implement it on their own... Given standards as they are.. the only way that you can be sure that no third party is intercepting your information is the proper use of strong encryption... making easier for a specific third party to listen in doesn't change this in any significant way... in either case I have to use strong encryption to guarantee my privacy. On the other hand I think that the IETF's decision is wonderful in the sense that it shows that the internet community is opposed to government intrusion. So the ideological implications of the decision are much more important than the practical ones.