[IP] New Merit Badge, Brought to you by the letters R, I, A and A
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Date: October 20, 2006 11:06:25 PM PDT
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Saturday, October 21, 2006 at 2:04 AM EDT
Friday, October 20, 2006
(10-20) 11:04 PDT Los Angeles (AP) --
A Boy Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, etc., etc. He is also
respectful of copyrights.
Boy Scouts in the Los Angeles area will now be able to earn a merit
patch for learning about the evils of downloading pirated movies and
music.
The patch shows a film reel, a music CD and the international
copyright symbol, a "C" enclosed in a circle.
The movie industry has developed the curriculum.
"Working with the Boy Scouts of Los Angeles, we have a real
opportunity to educate a new generation about how movies are made,
why they are valuable, and hopefully change attitudes about
intellectual property theft," Dan Glickman, chairman of the Motion
Picture Association of America, said Friday.
Scouts will be instructed in the basics of copyright law and learn
how to identify five types of copyrighted works and three ways
copyrighted materials may be stolen.
Scouts also must choose one activity from a list that includes
visiting a movie studio to see how many people can be harmed by film
piracy. They also can create public service announcements urging
others not to steal movies or music.
URL: <http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/
2006/10/20/entertainment/e110452D84.DTL>
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