the amazingly awful adventures of captain copyright
an mpaa-sponsored program to send representatives to schools to "educate" kids about copyrights (slanted towards their position, of course)? not just happening in the usa, as techdirt reports, but also up north with
Michael Geist points out that up in Canada, the industry has just launched an "educational" website for teachers and students on copyright issues that features the , a super hero of sorts, designed to teach kids right from wrong when it comes to copyright. As Geist outlines, it appears that things like fair use and personal copies don't seem to be a part of Captain Copyright's vast store of knowledge. In one set of activities, students are even told to write letters to newspaper editors in support of the industry's view on copyrightmakes you wonder if they're being run by the same people behind the tobacco industry. lookout, kids!
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