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iPods Valuable in the College Classroom?

Posted by timothy on from the pencils-considered-dangerous dept.

Infonaut writes "The Christian Science Monitor has an interesting article called When iPod goes collegiate, examining the iPods for students program at Duke University. It seems that while many students and professors find them valuable for classwork, this is America, so questions about intellectual property rear their ugly head: "Do they have permission from the person who wrote the lectures to share it?" asks one IP attorney, referring to lectures recorded on iPods."

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  1. Valuable? Yes. by Neil+Blender · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's easier to zone out with a little music.

  2. I pray by dotpavan · · Score: 2, Funny

    that my school gets a grant for those Playboy iPods..

  3. iPods in Classrooms by SpottedKuh · · Score: 4, Funny

    Infonaut writes "Blah blah blah..."

    Huh? Sorry, I was listening to my iPod while you were talking...

  4. Not exactly by ishmalius · · Score: 2, Funny

    They are iValuable.

  5. Re:If I paid fees to attend the lecture... by nacturation · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have the right to make a copy to listen to it later (or to share with other students).

    Replace "lecture" with "movie" and see if your theory still applies. :)

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  6. Re:Valuable? Yes. Here's why: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dr. AC's 10 step plan:
    1. Listen to iPod during class
    2. Ignore professor
    3. Cheat on the homeworks
    4. Freak out b/c you don understand
    5. Cheat on the exam

    6. Make an A
    7. Cheat in all other classes
    8. ???
    9. Live a fraudulent lifestyle
    10. Profit!!!

  7. Re:If I paid fees to attend the lecture... by pilgrim23 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Your rights end where the briefcase, Armani suit, and custom tooled calf loafers begin...

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  8. Let me go on record for a moment to say: by twofidyKidd · · Score: 4, Funny

    Goddammit I hate IP attorneys.

    ...and all of you have full rights to use that whereever you want.

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    1. Re:Let me go on record for a moment to say: by 01000011011101000111 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Prior Art! I have a txt file of that statement from 1990... Someone gimmie a lawyer!

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  9. Also as a bargaining tool by EmbeddedJanitor · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Listen up or I'll take away your ipod"

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    1. Re:Also as a bargaining tool by Fareq · · Score: 1, Funny

      Re sig:

      no, we have 10, and other people just *think* we have sixteen.

  10. The real issue... by Urkki · · Score: 5, Funny

    Who cares about recorded lessons? The real issue is, does a student have a right to remember or use, let alone share any information gained from a lecture (or a book or whatever) without written permission from the lecturer (or the author or whatever)? After all, isn't that protected IP?

    I mean, just think about it... The student might some day be a lecturer himself, so what right does he have to distribute the IP he may have memorized?

    I wonder why for example NSTA hasn't taken such a firm stand on IP issues, like MPAA and RIAA have. Such lackluster attitude towards these serious issues will undermine the future of modern society!

  11. Re:YES! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    $10,000 per year is not tuition, it's daycare for brats like you.

    $40,000, now THAT's tuition.

  12. Re:YES! by ari_j · · Score: 1, Funny

    That's all you pay? What kind of crappy two-bit backwoods state school do you go to? If it's my alma mater, will you say "hi" to the Delta Zeta girls (the "EZ DZs") for me? ;-D

  13. Re:If I paid fees to attend the lecture... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    In fact, it is illegal theft of intellecual property.
    What type of theft is legal?!
  14. Question by Aggrav8d · · Score: 2, Funny
    "Do they have permission from the person who wrote the lectures to share it?" asks one IP attorney

    Do lawyers actually have the right to make work by stirring up trouble and finding reasons to sue people? Isn't that a bit like an auto body shop that covers the streets in nails & broken glass?
  15. Re:You Are Not Your Gadgets by michaeldot · · Score: 4, Funny
    I was in college in the early 90's and recorded my lectures on a $30 tape recorder--and it did me no good.

    The trick is to also play them back. Recording alone just doesn't do it.