> I'll bite. What this thread asks is not how to redistribute these films for > free or for pay [FreeDist], but rather how to legitimately view them on Linux > while fully respecting the copyrights. Apparently, the TAU workers did not do > enough work to ensure portability and interoperability for > non-Microsoft-based > operating systems, and the people who asked here want to find a good > workaround. This thread is entirely due to their lack of ability (or because > they did not care enough), and it should be expected given that people use > Linux and want to view the lectures there, which is within their rights as > TAU > students. > Agreed. > That may not be a bad thing, because it gives publicity to the university, > and > allows other people to enjoy your content. See: > > * http://remix.lessig.org/ > > * http://ocw.mit.edu/ (OpenCourseWare). > Yes, but TAUs policy on copyright is not on discussion, nor am I authorized to change it.
> These internal means likely take time, as many people who have tried to > contact the operators of web-sites that do not function in non-MSIE-browsers > can attest to. In the meanwhile, people would need some Linux-specific > workarounds, which would not be needed if the TAU staff cared enough about > checking that. You reap what you sow. > I do not like prejudice. The only way to fix TAU issues is via the help desk. Trust me, we're not your usual Joe ISP. We are a strong Unix/Linux shop, and most of our applications, especially web apps, are based on open source. -- Ariel -- Ariel Biener e-mail: ar...@post.tau.ac.il PGP: http://www.tau.ac.il/~ariel/pgp.html _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
