Unrelated to the details of this case, but my school had an official, department associated organization/club called the Society of Software Engineers that woul

Unrelated to the details of this case, but my school had an official, department associated organization/club called the Society of Software Engineers that would run study sessions for CS, SE, and related courses that the students would have to take. They also took in old exams from students to create a knowledge base that you could study against. The rule was that you weren't allowed to leave the room. It was an interesting grey spot since most professors were all for using old exams to study, but some weren't (I don't think they liked writing new exams every semester, but I wouldn't either). Some would give threats for giving your exams to this university recognized academic club, but they'd black out names upon receiving them so there wouldn't be any proof that it was you (at least easy proof). It was an interesting case there but most staff were all for it. Making that old data available to future students, but in a more restricted way seemed fine to me, and it absolutely helped me study, but I wonder what others would think of that situation.