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| Copyright shouldn't be fuzzy! |
When posed with the question, if the school budget could only afford to
have 1 copy and 1 licence to a program that was restricted to one computer,
would you break copyright laws and copy it so that all computers, all student
could use it simultaneously? Hmm a
good question, which had the whole class discussing ways around it and other
options, and at the end of the day about 90% of us said yes we would be the
robin hood…
Just as Miss Coulson reflects on the same experience recalling her answer,
the same as mine, and that highlights that even though we would never shop-lift
but copy a program for the sake of education is, unfortunately the same thing,
stealing! I have seen the light, I know that I have never done it but this
experience has just reinforced that I will work around the limited supply of
technology if ever faced with the problem. Not only is copying software programs illegal but there are hundred of open source programs available for
FREE online as well as the creative commons such as Flickrcc that can be used
without having to pay and obtain permission to use. As well as the fact that the money paid to the software companies is used for developing new and innovative programs for the future so really we are shooting ourselves in the foot if we did copy. So dilemma averted, I will definitely
be utilising the free software available if ever faced with such a conundrum! 
Thanks to Flickrcc:
Image: 'my CC stickers
have arrived!!!'
Image: 'Copying...'
Image: 'fuzzy copyright'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/58764797@N00/1384247192
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