Sunday, August 26, 2007

Teen fined for YouTube karaoke video

A Finnish court ruled against a 15-year-old student in a libel case on Friday after he posted a clip of his teacher on YouTube, ordering the youth to pay 800 euros ($1,085) in damages and a 90 euro fine.

Well, maybe the whole thing was an overreaction from the teacher. I find it however important that this way the students can see that there are boundaries they can't cross. The worst thing in this was the title the student used: "Karaoke of the mental hospital".
Respect for the teachers seems to be reducing gradually. The number of teachers changing profession is increasing.
Maybe there is a connection...


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