I do get them

[Stringent]

does everyone stop talking when you enter the staffroom now?

We have a staffroom?

[digit]

does everyone stop talking when you enter the staffroom now?

I'm pretty sure Stringent would rather do his job responsibily and legally rather then taking the attitude to hell with it...

[MadduckUK]

Would be all to easy to say screw it I'll let the users of the network loose and they can download whatever they want.

would be easy to say "screw it, lets get naked and set the building on fire" as well. but that's not really what's in question here is it?

[Allen]

would be easy to say "screw it, lets get naked and set the building on fire" as well. but that's not really what's in question here is it?

So it's not OK for digit to come up with a suggestion like that, but it's OK for you to think Stringent is a "party pooper" because he wants to do his job responsibly and follow the law so he, and his employee, are legally covered?

That's logical...

[MadduckUK]

So it's not OK for digit to come up with a suggestion like that, but it's OK for you to think Stringent is a "party pooper" because he wants to do his job responsibly and follow the law so he, and his employee, are legally covered?

That's logical...

i don't think any of my posts have suggested he should do anything illegal, perhaps you should read them more thoroughly.

im suggesting he could probably have handled the situation better than being a nob to them about it

[Stringent]

Well thats not word for word what happened, I paraphrased it a little in my defence. So how would you have handled it then?

[Allen]

i don't think any of my posts have suggested he should do anything illegal, perhaps you should read them more thoroughly.

im suggesting he could probably have handled the situation better than being a nob to them about it

No, they just suggested if he didn't do something illegal he was boring.

When it comes to work, I would personally always err on the side of caution.

[Mike Fishcake]

i don't think any of my posts have suggested he should do anything illegal, perhaps you should read them more thoroughly.

im suggesting he could probably have handled the situation better than being a nob to them about it

Yeah - sometimes it is better to take part in discussions without being a self-righteous nob, isn't it?

[99Flake]

I would back Stringent up on this one, I work in a school and we have teachers that ask the same question and they get the same answer as Stringent gave 'no because that is illegal'.

It is nothing to do with being boring or wanting to be a 'party pooper', it is because as an educational establishment we have a license for showing films we own, if we were caught downloading films and showing them not only would that licence be taken away but the person who downloaded it and allowed it to be downloaded would loose their jobs as would the person who has the licence in their name.

And then it would lead to other such wonderful things as Microsoft checking our agreement and that all our licences for the machines are correct.

It is far too much to risk and teachers are very naive attitude towards these sorts of things, for example thinking we can give out copies of xp to them because 'who would know'.

Sometimes being sharp is the only way to get through to them.