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Teacher Fired for P2P Lecture

Posted by Zonk on from the talking-is-bad dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A teacher at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain, was forced to resign after a talk about P2P networks. You can read his side of the story on his blog." From the article: "The day before the conference, the Dean (pressured by the Spanish Recording Industry Association 'Promusicae' as I found out later, and he recognized himself in a quote to the national newspaper El Pais, and even the Motion Picture Association of America, as another newspaper quotes) tried to stop it by denying permission to use the scheduled venue. So I scheduled a second one, and that was denied again. And a third time. Finally I gave the conference on the university cafeteria, for 5 hours, in front of 150 people." Commentary on this story at BoingBoing as well.

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  1. Re:Techinical Point by Danuvius · · Score: 5, Funny
    He wasn't fired. He (claims he) was pressurised into resigning. I ain't making any judgement or saying anything else until I've heard an account of events from someone less close to the controversy.
    I'm quite certain that "having his contents confined under a pressure greater than that of the outside atmosphere" was not his reason for resigning.

    Being pressured, however, may have have had something to do with it.

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  2. Which just goes to show that... by nurhussein · · Score: 5, Funny

    nobody expects the Spanish (Recording Industry Association) inquisition!

    1. Re:Which just goes to show that... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Better yet...

      so I scheduled a second one, and that was denied again. And a third time.

      ...that one burnt down, fell over, then sank into the swamp...But the fourth one stayed up, and that's what your gonna get lad.

      --AC

  3. Re:To make the lecture worth it... by Rei · · Score: 5, Funny

    But as far as we can tell, he didn't. He needed a "trackerless" lecture system.

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  4. Better yet by Ironsides · · Score: 4, Funny

    Could someone host his p2p lecture as worldwide video conferencing thing? I quite interested in what it all was about

    Relase it via bittorrent. Nothing like using a P2P network to prove the point.

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  5. Re:Resigned != Fired by gowen · · Score: 5, Funny

    Surely, if the Director is worried that an audit of his department will uncover unlicensed software, it's the Director and/or the IT guys who should be worrying about their jobs.

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  6. Re:To make the lecture worth it... by hackstraw · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...he should have ended it with "I'll probably be fired for this, so each of you go tell everybody you know." Or something to that effect.

    Just as you should have preceded your comment with "I'll probably get modded down for this..." in order to get moderated higher.

  7. Re:Techinical Point by PCM2 · · Score: 4, Funny
    He wasn't fired. He (claims he) was pressurised into resigning.
    Why didn't he just open his mouth?
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  8. It's true! by hawk · · Score: 4, Funny
    He didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition!

    :)

    hawk