If someone asks a question, do they own the rights to the answer? It would seem obvious that they don't, however, that's what's at issue in this case, as Pearson is suing Chegg in order to prevent them from distributing the answers to published quizzes and tests. This article asks a group of lawyers for their opinions, and succeeds only in proving that the last person you want to ask is a lawyer. Now nobody is cheering for illicit cheating services here, but there's an entire industry, including respectable tutoring and test preparation companies, that could be impacted. If you're interested, here's the docket.
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