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Re:University of Illinois issues DMCA takedown for previous ... by Alupis on Wednesday February 11, 2015 @11:11AM (#9033641)
> thereby leaving your programs open to copying, may constitute cheating depending upon the circumstances

Did the university contact each student and request to have the student remove the repo? Unlikely given the sheer volume of repos in the takedown request.

Irregardless, the University should have measures to deal with this internally if they felt so strongly about this cheating rule.

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Re:University of Illinois issues DMCA takedown for previous ... by akerl_ on Wednesday February 11, 2015 @11:23AM (#9033715)
Their rules don't state that they need to. Had they chosen to enforce their ethics code internally and take internal action against the students, they'd have been within the bounds of that policy.

That said, they didn't do that: they used the DMCA. Their use of the DMCA is a strange choice in my opinion, but is likewise valid if the repos contain original work created by the university as part of the problem set.

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Re:University of Illinois issues DMCA takedown for previous ... by digler990 on Wednesday February 11, 2015 @05:41PM (#9036181)
"Irregardless" is not a word.
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Re:University of Illinois issues DMCA takedown for previous ... by dragonwriter on Wednesday February 11, 2015 @05:43PM (#9036189)
Merriam-Webster disagrees with you.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irregardless

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Re:University of Illinois issues DMCA takedown for previous ... by Aradalf on Wednesday February 11, 2015 @11:56PM (#9037464)
"Use regardless instead."

Direct quote from your link.

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