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My disability support person said I can't record streams if there's DRM on them even with my waiver, I can only record audio and only if I do so in person with a dictaphone that does not connect to the internet (But I can connect the dictaphone to my computer???). That's stupid, the slides are uploaded and it's not like what I'm here for is the video footage of the professor looking around. Still, apparently it's a "Get thrown out of school" offense.
That is just plain bullshit and I'm absolutely sure there is a legal way to get you recording for yourself approved whether there's DRM or not. It's just gonna take a lot of fighting, which is gonna take a lot of strength and patience and endurance. I hope you can find a software that won't be detected instead :/ you deserve better Keld
I asked someone with some legal knowledge and they say it doesn't matter if it's legal or not, the school gets to decide if it's allowed and what the punishment is and since I was dumb enough to ask I can't claim ignorance. The best I can do is try to appeal to the administration and keep asking and I might do that and see how far I get. Apparently audio recording is fine if you ask but video is a whole different thing for literally no good reason.
That's frustrating to no end. I'm sorry you have to deal with this, but audio is better than nothing
That's awful. Would they be able to tell if you were recording? I know someone had mentioned OBS which allows different source captures, so maybe if the video is stored locally or on an external device and the recording is your entire desktop it might not notice. I've definitely recorded things like that... uh, allegedly not legally before but no one was the wiser. Hopefully it doesn't affect your school work, that has to make things a lot more difficult.
Maybe they would be able to tell, maybe they won't, I don't know computers. If I use OBS to record a stream does that in any way ping some third party they could detect? I don't want to risk it, I don't think you get to go back into med school if you get kicked out
unless the DRM you mention involves you downloading an invasive program on your computer that looks at every program running on it, the school won't be able to tell. I'm betting no.
No it's literally just that the stream just runs off their stupid app.
Yeah I wouldn't risk it then, just to be safe