Teacher fired for P2P lecture

HangFire · **Teacher fired for P2P lecture -** 20-05-2005

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?s...id=155&tid=146

Well, basically the thread title sums it up. He was fired for giving a lecture on the benefits of P2P.

Every time I see one of these typed of articles, I remember how thankful I am to live in a country where these sorts of organizations (X media association of X) have little to no power.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cory Doctorow

This is a shameful act of censorship and a betrayal of the principles of academic freedom. It's a national shame that Spain's powerful collecting societies can simply order the termination of any university teacher who teaches things that displease them.

Denny · *Last edited by Denny; 20-05-2005 at 21:32..*

This P2P/MP3 crap by the RIAA has just got to stop, i mean this is getting rediculous, it is getting about as bad as the gestapo (well not entirely of course).

Pierre-Marie Baty · **Re: Teacher fired for P2P lecture -** 21-05-2005

I'm eager to watch how this topic will have evolved in the future. Let's say in 5 years. I defy anybody to pronosticate anything.

Denny · *Last edited by Denny; 21-05-2005 at 17:05..*

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pierre-Marie Baty

I'm eager to watch how this topic will have evolved in the future. Let's say in 5 years. I defy anybody to pronosticate anything.

Well, i'd probably be a new topic by then, i'm sure this same topic won't be around that long.

stefanhendriks · **Re: Teacher fired for P2P lecture -** 21-05-2005

basicly P2P is legal as hell. Its only thing that makes everybody jumpy, is that you can share stuff (and thus offer, which is not legal....) that must be bought.

Its the same as lending a cd to someone, its illegal. (don't believe me? Check ur disk... or the manual... its everywhere

).

Besides that, you can share everything you want. Your own made documents, movies (home made.. erm... some refer to pr0n then... :

) ... etc.

As always the problem is not tackled by its roots, but by its symptons... sheesh

Pierre-Marie Baty · **Re: Teacher fired for P2P lecture -** 21-05-2005

quote from the guy's blog:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jorge Cortell

When are we going to do something about it? We can't let them impose their failed, outdated, and inefficient business model through threats, pressures and silence.

failed, outdated and inefficient business model... he said it all

/me puts Megadeth - The System Has Failed in the CD tray

Zacker · **Re: Teacher fired for P2P lecture -** 21-05-2005

I really agree with both of thoose quotes. It is indeed a shameful act and their methods are indeed outdated.

Whistler · *Last edited by Whistler; 22-05-2005 at 07:09..*

illegal != wrong (well, does not always)

illegal = goes against the law (which is made by the government), and that's all.

Downloading a GNU/Linux distro from Debian (which contains 'unauthorized' crypto software such as GNU Privacy Guard), and playing with Quake 3 Arena are illegal in China (it's banned game since 2004/8 ), but anyone can give me any reasons why they're wrong?

Pierre-Marie Baty · **Re: Teacher fired for P2P lecture -** 22-05-2005

GNUPG and Linux have been proven to be including bits of copyrighted software that has been "stolen" in this way. Two or three years ago, the whole public services network in France was about to switch all their machines to GNU/Linux, but at the last minute they didn't because of that. That was when the media started to propagate the affair.

HangFire · **Re: Teacher fired for P2P lecture -** 22-05-2005

Isn't that the whole thing with SCO? I thought that they were proven wrong.