I 100% agree. Banning of recording devices in classrooms puts forth the idea that they have something to hide. If my child went to a school where recording devices were banned I would have to ask that I were allowed to enter the classroom without notice at any time.
After all a normal lesson should not cause embarresment or emotional distrass if one was doing nothing "wrong".
This reminds me of the MMR(Mumps Measles and rubella) vaccine debate that came out from the UK. That the MMR vaccine was causing autism and increased the risk of crohns disease. This of course spread fear to other parents, who were otherwise relativly informed, and increased the risk of those children getting mumps measles and rubella due to parents refusing to have thier children immunised.
Language is often seen as a virus or, more correctly, a symbiote of homo sapiens. Its not IP, its a evolved communication tool. No permission is neccesary. When does a baby in thier culture (or anyones culture for that fact) have to ask permission to learn a language?
IMHO its just thier (probably poor) community attempting to leech a few bucks from M$.
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Not only will they sue you, they do everything in thier power to make your life and that of your families a misery.
Agreed, but how do you judge an appropriate lengh for a copyright?
I 100% agree. Banning of recording devices in classrooms puts forth the idea that they have something to hide. If my child went to a school where recording devices were banned I would have to ask that I were allowed to enter the classroom without notice at any time. After all a normal lesson should not cause embarresment or emotional distrass if one was doing nothing "wrong".
This reminds me of the MMR(Mumps Measles and rubella) vaccine debate that came out from the UK. That the MMR vaccine was causing autism and increased the risk of crohns disease. This of course spread fear to other parents, who were otherwise relativly informed, and increased the risk of those children getting mumps measles and rubella due to parents refusing to have thier children immunised.
The best way to combat this sort of indoctrination is to use the tools they use.
"Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves."
Matthew 7:15
How do I decern that you are not a false prophet?
"And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity."
Matthew 7:23
"Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock."
Matthew 7:24
Thier own holy book tells us to beware of these people.
Language is often seen as a virus or, more correctly, a symbiote of homo sapiens. Its not IP, its a evolved communication tool. No permission is neccesary. When does a baby in thier culture (or anyones culture for that fact) have to ask permission to learn a language? IMHO its just thier (probably poor) community attempting to leech a few bucks from M$.