Heh! First thing I thought of.
Posted on 03/21/2022 8:50:38 AM PDT by nickcarraway
An assistant professor of business at Southern California's Chapman University has filed a lawsuit against five students, whose identities remain unknown, alleging copyright infringement for posting exam questions anonymously in an online forum.
According to professor David Berkovitz's attorney Marc Hankin, the students, who took midterm and final exams remotely due to the Covid-19 pandemic during the spring semester of 2021, are alleged to have posted elements of the tests on Course Hero, a crowdsourced website dedicated to course-specific study supplements.
Because the professor grades on a curve, Hankin said, Berkovitz believes by posting exam-specific questions on Course Hero, "students may have inflated their grades, penalizing other students who did not cheat."
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Doubtful he went through the trouble of copywriting the test.
The students who posted the questions probably thought they were helping other students and didn’t realize the ramifications of putting the questions on the web would lower their grades due to the prof. grading on the curve.
I suggest all prior homeworks, quizzes, and tests are put online by the professor, to equalize the cheating, otherwise.
No one has to do anything to get a copyright.
“Those assholes stole the wrong exam”.
“No one has to do anything to get a copyright.”
Yes, but it’s easier to enforce if you do.
https://www.copyright.gov/registration/
If the professor’s neighbor’s dog is named Sam, I wouldn’t mess with him.
Every author has a copyright in any original material that author creates, without the need to formally register a copyright. https://www.uspto.gov/ip-policy/copyright-policy/copyright-basics
Just make it fill in the blank or essay. That way they can just assign you whatever grade they think you deserve regardless of the quality of your work.
That’s what they did when I went to college.
In the 70’s the fraternities loved lazy teachers who gave the same tests for years. They had file cabinets filled with tests. A 6-pack would get you the test answers you needed.
“Doubtful he went through the trouble of copywriting the test.”
Copyright is automatic. No filing required.
Do I have to register with your office to be protected?
No. In general, registration is voluntary. Copyright exists from the moment the work is created. You will have to register, however, if you wish to bring a lawsuit for infringement of a U.S. work. See Circular 1, Copyright Basics, section “Copyright Registration.”
USSC 2019
Heh! First thing I thought of.
College student cheating! I am shocked! /s
Nice “Animal House “ subreference!
He owned the copyright the moment he made the document. He didn't need to register it.
Do I have to register with your office to be protected?
No. In general, registration is voluntary. Copyright exists from the moment the work is created. You will have to register, however, if you wish to bring a lawsuit for infringement of a U.S. work. See Circular 1, Copyright Basics, section “Copyright Registration.”
Do I have to register with your office to be protected?
No. In general, registration is voluntary. Copyright exists from the moment the work is created. You will have to register, however, if you wish to bring a lawsuit for infringement of a U.S. work. See Circular 1, Copyright Basics, section “Copyright Registration.”
There’s also “fair use” of limited portions of copyrighted materials, especially in an “educational” context.
Prof just needs to mix up his exam questions.
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