On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:05:27 -0500, Ryan Coleman wrote: > Go to hell. He wants to rename the files that are illegal > to ones that aren't.
It's not the file names that matter, it's the content. Just assume that students at a university use a file server to store pr0n although the terms of use prohibit doing so, in one way or another. Then a clever student renames a 650 MB movie to "My new essay 1.Doc". Although the file name does not look suspicious, the content is still illegal. With "illegal" in this context, a violation of the terms of use is meant. It doesn't neccessarily imply any copyright infingement, illegal copy, pirated copy or the like. Of course, if a student illegally downloads music and then names the tracks "My holiday 1.Jpeg", "My holiday 2.Jpeg", "My holiday 3.Jpeg" and so on - the files being MP3 files he pirated from somewhere - then you would in most countries definitely have a case as you described. But after all, it depends on country-specific laws on what's considered illegal in _whatever_ context. > That's circumventing copyright law and would land him or her > in jail. This topic, based solely on ethics, should not be > discussed as any suggestions that this is LEGAL to do supports > copyright violations. I think the question indicates the OP's struggle _against_ such actions. > I would record those names and DELETE them but only if the TOS > supports it. In most cases, TOS include certain permissions for IT operations staff to "maintain system healthcare" which traditionally includes a certain surveillance of user activity and file contents. > If it does not, then you get the DCMA notice and handle it > accordingly from the copyright holder. Applies to the U.S. only, correct? -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
