Second, UCLA's hardware was astonishing. At UF, it is sometimes difficult to do a good multimedia course in humanities. I've had to wheel a heavy cart with a computer and CD-ROM drive across the campus in order to teach from it, because the room I was assigned to had no facilities. Herman Melville, for example, was being reprinted in England without his permission and without recompense. So American copyright laws were molded to protect individuals as well as corporate entities.
Electronic publishing poses another problem, because materials can be down-loaded for nothing.
This becomes a sticky situation when course materials are involved because most institutions do not understand the dynamics of good syllabus design and tend to view syllabi as static objects that can be owned. But a good syllabus should be flexible, and capable of reflecting the needs of individual classes. Yes to most of the above. Creative writers generally do so under the auspices of a regular publisher. See my Web page.