Is it that he's dead . . . ?

[Alpha]

In my mind, not informing the students is a lie of omission.  Then I assume that the lie is intended to hide something.  Maybe that makes me a suspicious person but it's something that comes from being burned.  As other's said, the fact that the course is now canned content is not an issue for me.  We consume that kind of content all the time from multiple sources.  To me it's the quality of the content that matters most.  In some ways it seems like a testament to the now-deceased Professor that they want to continue to use his lectures.  At the same time it seems disrespectful that they can't even mention his passing.  I wonder if his surviving beneficiaries receive  any compensation.  Like royalties paid for re-runs on TV?