Khan recorded 400 SAT video solutions without College Board permission
Sal Khan · Khan Academy: Sal Khan · Sep 21, 2020 · at 1:11:31
Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy, explains how he initially produced video explanations for SAT practice problems before establishing an official partnership with the College Board.
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“I had actually made some SAT videos for Navia and my cousins. I actually went through the SAT practice book, and I did every problem in the book on video for my cousins, so that it was a 400 something problems, and I was afraid that the college board was going to sue me, because I didn't take their permission to, like, screen capture their problems.”
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