Cal State Cracks Down on Course Notes Site

California State University has told an entrepreneurial recent graduate that he must shut his course notes website because it violates state law, the Los Angeles Times reported. Ryan Stevens' NoteUtopia.com, set up in August, was one of many new websites designed to give students a place to collaborate and share work. But Cal State officials have warned Stevens that the site violates an obscure state law that bars students from distributing course materials for commercial purposes, and have told students who use it that they risk expulsion. Stevens told the newspaper that the policy violates students' rights.