Copy, right??

We had a very interesting discussion about ethics in our PE3 class today.  Our teacher showed us a couple of case studies and asked our opinion.  One of the case studies referred to copying software to use in the classroom if your budget is limited. It was basically asking us if we would overlook the law in order to provide the best for our students.  


This one question divided the class but not equally. Interestingly only a few people said they would not copy the software even if they felt their students were being disadvantaged.  


I was one of the few.


This is not something that I need to even think about - it has come up many times in the past in my life in regard to DVD and CD and PC game copying in particular.  And a much as I think sometimes the really large companies out there are making a fortune from sales, I have to think about the author or artist or owner of the information, words or music. 


However, my good friend Kate did question me about other things such as pictures for this blog, or print outs from the internet for practicum, it is certainly something the think about...where do you draw the line?



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