Einstein's Notes has temporarily stopped selling notes for a UF class after Faulkner Press, the software company used to supplement the course, sued the note-taking service.
However, Jim Sullivan, the Gainesville lawyer representing Faulkner Press, said students shouldn't worry about studying for their final exams in Wildlife Issues in a Changing World because the company will post audio files of the lectures on its Web site today.
Faulkner Press' online lecture guides for UF professor Michael Moulton's class, usually $25.99, will also be free starting in the summer, said Sullivan.
Faulkner Press filed the lawsuit against Class Notes, the parent company of Einstein's Notes, on April 1. The suit alleges that Einstein's Notes sold Moulton's lecture notes without his permission.
Einstein's Notes has until the end of the month to formally respond to the lawsuit. In the meantime, Thomas Bean, the company's owner, said he decided to temporarily stop publishing Moulton's notes because he didn't want to "fuel the fire."
"We're just not doing this particular class in the midst of the lawsuit," Bean said. "It would just be stupid to do."
Sullivan said he thinks Bean's decision is a step in the right direction.
Faulkner Press believes students should not have to pay extra costs for class notes, which is why the software company will make its lecture guide for Moulton's class free starting in the summer and will post audio files of the lectures starting today.
Jessica Clements, a UF freshman in Moulton's wildlife issues class, said she likes the idea of posting the lectures, but she said it'd still be hard for her to pass the final.
Clements said the Einstein's Notes study guides contained organized and detailed information that helped her on the online tests. Without the notes, she'll have to spend more time studying for the class while juggling three other finals, she said.
"I don't want to be stressing over my wildlife test," she said. "That's the last class I want to be worrying about."
