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MPAA School Propaganda Program Examined
Anonymous Coward copies-and-pastes: "'As part of its campaign to thwart online music and movie piracy, Hollywood is now reaching into school classrooms with a program that denounces file-sharing and offers prizes for students and teachers who spread the word about Internet theft. The Motion Picture Association of America paid $100,000 to deliver its anti-piracy message to 900,000 students nationwide in grades 5-9 over the next two years, according to Junior Achievement Inc., which is implementing the program using volunteer teachers from the business sector." Only $100,000 to advertise to 900,000 students? What a deal! We mentioned this earlier.
I am going to stop my email-marketing business and going to pay a million to the government to let me teach students why a large penis is important in their life.And if they dont want that, ill teach them how to meet naked teens desperate to talk to them. And if they want alternatives, ill teach 'em how to put a wireless camera to good use.
If RIAA plan is legit, so is mine.
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My name is Goody Walters and I accuse little Billy Smith of file sharing! Burn him!
"If it's illegal in America, host it in Uzbekistan," snapped the 14-year-old.
I could be wrong. I'm always wrong...
He turned me into a pauper!
I got better.
Money for nothing, pix for free
"Now class, today's guest teacher is here to explain how the Linux operating system is a virus. Mr. Ballmer, the room is yours."
Heck, I'll bet they spent more than that advertising "Gigli"
Manipulate the moderator system! Mod someone as "overrated" today.
Reagan did what he had to! Reefer madness and the homosexual agenda put us dangerously close to losing the cold war! You fucking hippy.
offering money to kids who turn other kids in...
"Rat on your friends, redeem valuable prizes!"
I'm saving my boxtops for the Elia Kazan Commemorative Lifetime Achievement Action Figure, With Kung-Fu Grip.
Mod Karma -1: I sed bad wurds. If I cep my mouf shut, I wud be at riyses.
"For only 9 cents a child, you can reach America's youth and tell them the truth about video Piracy and how it hurts the movie industry, the American economy, and leads to severe tooth decay."
but if they're sharp enough to show kids what awful, evil, torturous things will happen to them if they do share (unlearning what they learned in kindergarten), then they're more likely to keep "clean" of it.
Yes, just like how all those kids threw down their bongs when they were shown how marijuana will KILL THEM!!! Or maybe it was DRIVE THEM INSANE!!! No, wait, it was going to TURN THEM INTO USELESS LOSERS WHO WILL DO NOTHING WITH THEIR LIVES!!! Or wasn't it suppose to KILL THEIR BROTHER BECAUSE THEY WERE DRIVING WHILE HIGH!!! No no no...it's just bad because it SUPPORTS TERRORISM!!! I'm confused. But the nice person on TV tells me is worse then we all thought. How much worse can it get???
I couldn't agree more. All the anti-drug programs were important to me: they taught me all about which drugs were interesting and which weren't, how to go about getting ahold of them, what to do with them, etc etc. Hell, even now, if somebody comes along with a new drug, I always look it up on one of the anti-drug sites on the net to see what effects I should be expecting.
Thanks Gruff! (Or was that crime?)
1. Buy laws to make sure public school system is desperate for cash.
2. Dangle a little money in front of said schools in return for implementing "New Education Marketing Campaign"
3. PROFIT!!!
I know exactly what I would wear that day
Outdoor storage sheds and pet kennels
holy sh1t!!! gotta do a quick check on the EULA that came w/ my underwear!
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They "forgot" to do the other part of that RPG:
Have the students divide into groups and produce CDs. Same game so far. But now have them try to get a deal with the RIAA. Have them find out that they don't get squat for all their hard earned work. Maybe they're CD will make it to a few shelves, but they won't see a cent, since all of the RIAA promotional budget goes to "sure things" like Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake's R&B career, and Metallica.
Then tell them that they can't distribute their music online since the RIAA now owns the copyrights to their songs. So they can't get any exposure. Next, tell them that their sales didn't recoup the advance they got from the studios to record the album, so they actually owe money back.
Then ask them how they feel about it.
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