November 26, 1999

Colleges Weigh Legal Action Against Web Sites That Publish Lecture Notes

By FLORENCE OLSEN

Professors and administrators were not overly concerned when Web sites that publish lecture notes from college courses first appeared on the Internet. But evidence of at least 10 such sites, most of them new within the past six months, has prompted some universities to consider taking legal action against the companies behind the sites.

So far, however, it's not clear to university officials what the most effective legal strategy is. And the companies say

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