today at skool i got my computer access taken away because on my usb/mp3 player that i use to save my school work on, there was music on it and my school said i was breaking copyright laws. who thinks this is rubbish?

Total rubbish, school computers are useless with all the restrictions nowadays.

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Originally posted by Absorbation
Total rubbish, school computers are useless with all the restrictions nowadays.

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Make them prove it... tell them you got it from iTunes or somewhere else, or even ripped it from your own original cd (so you paid for it)

AFAIK there is no way they could prove it was downloaded from P2P.

  what the fuck do they care it's yours... those files arn't
even touching hte schools shit, geez, that even pisses me off.
Ugh, get your parents to bitch at them, it's none of their fuckin
business.  That's so lame, do they have nothing better to do?
  what country you live in?

It isn't against the law, it was on your usb stick and only accessible by you. It would be illegal if it was stored on the schools servers.

the thing is i said all this and they are still insistent on banning me not only that im in yr11 taking gcse ict, how can i do my work? total rubbish, my school sucks big time

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Originally posted by traxor
It isn't against the law, it was on your usb stick and only accessible by you. It would be illegal if it was stored on the schools servers.

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wasn't it innocent until proven otherwise?

But it's total bull yeah, don't know for sure where you live, but in the netherlands, we are allowed to make a copy for personal use. However it's not allowed to break copyright protection. But it's also legal to download for personal use. This does not break protection

BTW: Downloading is not allowed for everything!, afaik not software.

i live in england an fair enough i understand if i put it on the school computers but on my usb stick thats just bull

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Originally posted by Dempsey
they aren't rubbish, they are perfectly adequate for what they are designed to do, help you ith school work, they are just rubbish for people who want to play games or use MSN Messenger (Smilie)
that's not a bug, thats an unexpected feature

Messenger Plus! Soun

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Originally posted by ss2005
i live in england an fair enough i understand if i put it on the school computers but on my usb stick thats just bull

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If they have taken your access while you are supposed to be doing an ICT GCSE then you should raise the problem with whoever maybe concerned (E.G. The school head, or your ict teacher if they don't know about it) because its a legal requirement for everybody to be at grade C or above standard before they are 18(i think thats the age) now in the UK.

And believe me, getting a C in your GCSE is alot better then not and then having to do super patronising key skills

yeah thats not right at all its yours after all...and btw how the heck did they know it was taken out of hte net u could just tell them u ahd the cd at home and u just copied it on the usb...

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Originally posted by M73A

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Originally posted by ss2005
i live in england an fair enough i understand if i put it on the school computers but on my usb stick thats just bull

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i have music on my area..... (go same school).... but its not in the network... its on my user area... (well it is on the network, but not public) its for ym use only as i have the password... is that copyright infringement? because if i get pulled up i want to be able to say FU*K YOU! .... but if im wrong ill delete the stuff


also... in the network:

Media - French - Songs - metis track 01.mp3

that is a french song the teacher showed us.... it was realesed by this french sports guy as a single... so that being on a public server is breaking copyright correct?

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they dont no it is illegal they said by the labelling of the song they know it is though. i said i downloaded it from itunes and ripped it from cd.

hmm.. its on their server... but under space that has been allocated to me...

so would that in effect work asif it was under my license because nobody else can access it besides myself (or a damn admin if they decide to but why would they cause stealin mp3s off me is illegal, lol)

i've been in the ict office... and thae fat dude was on winmx... thats closed so don't know what hes up to now

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Originally posted by ss2005
they dont no it is illegal they said by the labelling of the song they know it is though. i said i downloaded it from itunes and ripped it from cd.

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Also in music you can connect your mp3 players for work reasons to play your work etc.

does anyone have a link to the copyright laws in the u.k. concerning music? i can't find a copy of the actual law itself

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Originally posted by M73A
does anyone have a link to the copyright laws in the u.k. concerning music?

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It is an offence to perform any of the following acts without the consent of the owner:

Copy the work.

Rent, lend or issue copies of the work to the public.

Perform, broadcast or show the work in public.

Adapt the work.

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Originally posted by Chr1s
It is an offence to perform any of the following acts without the consent of the owner:

Copy the work.

Rent, lend or issue copies of the work to the public.

Perform, broadcast or show the work in public.

Adapt the work.

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