Legal Education,
Intellectual Property,
Contracts
Apr. 4, 2022
Is copyright law the best tool for responding to student cheating?
One might bristle at the hypocrisy of the best practices issue presented. Should professors mask their past exams? Should they write new ones, and share the old ones with students who can better prepare for their exams? Furthermore, not sharing this tool ignores the constant threat of information breaches.
William Slomanson
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Email: bills@tjsl.edu
William Slomanson is also the author of California Procedure in a Nutshell (5th ed. 2014).
A Chapman University professor has sued a handful of his former students. Berkovitz v. Does, 2:22-cv-01628 (C.D. Cal., Mar. 11, 2022). The complaint charges that they violated his copyright in his former examinations. They were uploaded onto a popular website used for study and test preparation. Professor sues 5 unknown students in copyright case, L.A. Times (Mar. 20, 2022, p.B3).
The plaintiff’s lawyer claims that this professor “has been...
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