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HangFire 20-05-2005 20:32

Teacher fired for P2P lecture
 
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 20-05-2005 21:03

Re: Teacher fired for P2P lecture
 
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 21-05-2005 15:23

Re: Teacher fired for P2P lecture
 
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 21-05-2005 17:03

Re: Teacher fired for P2P lecture
 
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. :D

stefanhendriks 21-05-2005 18:02

Re: Teacher fired for P2P lecture
 
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 21-05-2005 19:03

Re: Teacher fired for P2P lecture
 
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 We can't let them impose their failed, outdated, and inefficient business model through threats, pressures and silence.

failed, outdated and inefficient business model...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 :P

Zacker 21-05-2005 20:25

Re: Teacher fired for P2P lecture
 
I really agree with both of thoose quotes. It is indeed a shameful act and their methods are indeed outdated.

Whistler 22-05-2005 07:05

Re: Teacher fired for P2P lecture
 
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 22-05-2005 15:04

Re: Teacher fired for P2P lecture
 
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 22-05-2005 18:18

Re: Teacher fired for P2P lecture
 
Isn't that the whole thing with SCO? I thought that they were proven wrong.


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