MC--
Everything you say may be correct,
but you are missing the fundamental point of the
problem: the problem is not only with the act itself, but
with the *consequences thereof.*
As you said,
these questions are open to everyone: college teams, HS
teams, etc. So, if you try to pass off questions
available in public as your own, you run the risk of
creating an unfair situation *for other teams*: if team A
practiced on the questions plagiarized--especially if it
was done recently--that will give them an unfair
advantage over a team that has not. *That* is the main
reason why people in this group have gone up in arms
over Chip's actions.
--STI
P.S. I'm not
a law scholar either, but I do know, from personal
experience, that provable *statements of fact* do NOT
constitute libel.