Trevor, HAHAHAH! Where would science be if it were not a collaboration? Art and education are similar collaborations. The ethics of the issue is, I think, that if you do break the law you must accept the consequences. A teacher shouldn't be putting a student in a bad position RE the law. AZ Build a Lookaround! The Lookaround Book, 2nd ed. NOW SHIPPING http://www.panoramacamera.us > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: Colleges and ethics > From: "trevor cunningham" <tr_cunningham@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: Tue, April 06, 2004 9:43 am > To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" > <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Being an educator myself (though not a college > professor and in potential position of authorship) I > can understand your dilemma. What he did was legally > a no-no. If you're a professional, you simply don't > do things like this, it's not an option. But you > mention ethics. As strictly defined, your professor > did wrong. However, if I were a student in his class, > I would welcome the gift as one from a professor who > understands the cost of such materials and the budget > of a student. And unfortunately, there is the > impossibility of mentioning ethics without considering > some philosophical elements. Given much of the > attitude behind capitalist thought and "free" > enterprise stems directly from Machiavelli, I fail to > see any contradiction in taking pirated software and > turning around and demanding copyright protection on > your own work...I hope this isn't Microsoft software. > Gosh, I'd hate to steal from them. For goodness > sakes, AG Bell got the patent simply because he lived > closer to the office. Laws and code of conduct are > only as valid as the level to which they protect. The > logic of this is one sided and fails to address any > externalities of potential behavior the protection > could allow. > > In conclusion, "Screw the man and protect yer own!" > But keep a good eye out. Damn, I'm becoming a > libertarian...time to join a militia. > > ===== > > "The optimist believes this is the best of all possible worlds. > The pessimist fears it's true" - J Robert Oppenheimer > > http://www.geocities.com/tr_cunningham > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway > http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/
