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Chapman University professor sues students after finding exams online
An Orange County professor is suing his college students for copyright infringement after discovering parts of his exams on an internet site used for sharing examine supplies.
The lawsuit was filed Friday on behalf of Chapman College Assistant Professor David A. Berkovitz, who’s demanding a jury trial for the 5 unnamed defendants. KTLA was offered a replica of the lawsuit by Berkovitz’s lawyer, Marc Hankin.
In line with the grievance, Berkovitz in January 2022 discovered parts of a midterm and remaining examination he created for his spring 2021 enterprise course on Course Hero, an internet site the place college students can entry examine supplies for particular faculties and programs.
A few month later, Berkovitz submitted copyright functions for these midterm and remaining exams and was granted the copyright registrations on Feb. 25, 2022, in line with the lawsuit.
Now, Berkovitz alleges the defendants infringed on his unique proper to breed, make copies, distribute, or create spinoff works when the exams have been printed on Course Hero on or earlier than Feb. 23, 2022, with out his permission.
His legal professional, Hankin, additionally brings up that it’s unfair to classmates who didn’t entry Course Hero for the exams.
“Not solely is it unethical and a violation of the dignity code, however extra importantly the enterprise regulation programs are graded on a curve. So if a number of college students artificially inflates their very own grade, they’re artificially suppressing the grades of their classmates who labored laborious, studied laborious, and are doing their very own work,” Hankin informed KTLA in an interview.
On the time of the submitting, the grievance stated Berkovitz doesn’t but know the identities of the defendants – however he says solely the scholars enrolled in his spring 2021 Enterprise 215 course at Chapman College would have had entry to the precise exams discovered on Course Hero.
The grievance stated will probably be amended when Berkovitz finds out the defendants’ names and roles within the alleged infringement.
Within the lawsuit, the assistant professor is requesting a everlasting injunction – which means he desires a courtroom order that forestalls the defendants and different members from straight or not directly infringing the copyrights for the midterm and remaining exams.
He additionally requests an order of impoundment on all gadgets that maintain copies of the copyrighted exams throughout the defendants’ possession, custody and management.
As well as, Berkovitz is requesting: “an award of precise damages and earnings; an award of statutory damages for willful infringement; an award of attorneys’ charges; prejudgment curiosity; prices of the go well with; and any and all further reduction that the Court docket could deem simply and correct.”
Verify again for extra particulars on this growing story.
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Thieves ransack parked cars at Irvine apartment complex
Surveillance video captured two suspects ransacking parked cars at an apartment complex in Irvine.
The incident happened on June 2 at the Metropolis Apartments located at 2100 Sullivan, according to the Irvine Police Department.
Video of the theft showed a man using a key card to open the doors of a Tesla before grabbing the valuables inside and escaping.
Police confirmed the man had stolen a key card from a nearby parked Tesla that belonged to the same family and was able to use that car to unlock the second car.
The two suspects were also seen stealing tools from a pickup truck that was parked in the garage.
The duo, a man and a woman, escaped with around $9,000 worth of valuables, authorities said. They fled the scene in a white SUV.
Police have released security video of the thieves in hopes someone may recognize them.
Anyone with information on the thefts is asked to call Irvine police at 949-724-7000 or email amena@cityofirvine.org.
Footage of the theft can be seen in the video player above.
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‘Goat patrol’ gets to work in Santa Clarita Valley
The work is easy, the compensation is good, and you get to sleep on the job.
Such is life for around 400 goats who play an important role in Southern California’s wildfire mitigation strategy.
The Goat Patrol, as its own, was deployed to the Santa Clarita Valley on Friday as part of a demonstration of the county’s readiness for the height of wildfire season.
“We basically bring them in, they do the work, and we head on out,” Cole Bush of Shepherdess Land & Livestock told KTLA’s Sara Welch. “[The goats] can graze about one acre to two acres a day in places that are inaccessible or unsafe for folks with weed whippers or mowers.”
Friday was the first full day of summer. With temperatures climbing and the July 4th holiday near, officials are concerned about the potential for large, destructive blazes caused by illegal fireworks and other human causes.
“Santa Clarita’s whole area is a high fire zone, which means the chance of a fire happening … is great,” warned Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger. “The city of Santa Clarita puts on an incredible fireworks show. Please take advantage of it. It’s about recognizing that we have to protect our community, but we also have to protect our loved ones.”
A short distance from the site of Friday’s event, fire crews were still working to gain full containment on the 15,000-acre Post Fire outside of Gorman. Two structures were destroyed in the blaze, which broke out Saturday.
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WATCH: Wild apparent Santa Ana road rage assault caught on video
An apparent road rage incident in Santa Ana was captured on video, showing a man appear to be viciously assaulted.
The video, which was shared to the Citizen app, shows one man punching and kicking another to the ground while several vehicles were stopped at a red light.
The man who appeared to be assaulted can be seen withering in pain on the ground as cars pass by.
The incident took place at about noon on Thursday in the area of West 1st Street, near Euclid Street. There was no immediate word as to why the incident began or what happened to either person afterward.
Neither of the men have been identified.
KTLA has reached out to Santa Ana police for more information.
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