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Mathieu PlourdeMoulton and his e-textbook publisher are suing Thomas Bean, who runs a company that repackages and sells student notes, arguing that the business is illegal since notes taken during college lectures violate the professor's copyright.
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Michel BauwensUniversity of Florida professor Michael Moulton thinks copyright law protects the lectures he gives to his students, and he's headed to court to prove it.
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06 Apr 08
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05 Apr 08
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Jonathan BaileyUniversity of Florida professor Michael Moulton thinks copyright law protects the lectures he gives to his students, and he's headed to court to prove it.
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Those notes are illegal, Faulkner and Moulton contend, since they are derivative works of the professor's copyrighted lectures.
If successful, the suit
(.pdf) could put an end to a lucrative, but ethically murky businesses
that have grown up around large universities to profit from students
who don't always want to go to the classes they are paying for.The suit could also have ramifications for more longstanding
businesses such as Cliffs Notes, which summarize copyrighted novels.
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04 Apr 08
glen gatinstudent notes do infringe, but they are protected infringement
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