Are there any cases of students being sued for copyright infringement?
As of January 2005, there are no cases of students being sued for copyright infringement for works used in educational projects required by instructors, even if those projects are posted on the Internet and available through search engines. (This does not include instances of “take down” notices served to students which never reached the courts, nor does it include content posted at university websites by students acting under their own initiative, see “Apple Sues Student: Computer giant accuses undergraduate of publishing trade secrets,” by Joseph M. Tartakoff, 1/12/05 at http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=505326). There are a growing number of cases of educational institutions being sued for secondary infringement for downloading of music files by their students (such uses were not shown to be educational in purpose). Students themselves have been named in those cases and have been held liable for damages. See the following articles on the web: “New Round of Lawsuits Against