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MPAA Funds School Programs In Copyright Dogma

Posted by timothy on from the man-diff dept.

Matthew Skala writes "This article from the Boston Globe describes the 'What's The Diff?' program, in which U.S. students and teachers can win prizes by learning to endorse the MPAA's version of copyright law. They're using volunteer labour from Junior Achievement - not an organization I would have expected to see doing this kind of thing. I guess I'll have to move its card over in my mental Illuminati: New World Order game."

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  1. Bad Move by Bad+Move · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's a bad move.

  2. Dogma by Tribbin · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    Something that is accepted as the truth without proof.

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  3. This just in..... by methangel · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ....now Microsoft is making deals with Universities for students to soley use their software and follow the Microsoft way of life.

    Oh, wait!

    O_o

    1. Re:This just in..... by Oncogene · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      You know, I want to sit here and agree with you that Gates is the only evil Overlord we have in this situation, but Apple does the exact same thing.

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  4. Usually cvs diff -ubBp 1../mychanges.diiff by openmtl · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Well thats the usual that I've been told to diff with.

    Seems to work. Pity SCO can't work out how to use such a simply command.

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  5. Re:As a High School student... by Cerv · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Actually, the lyric's "fuck you..."

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  6. Re:Onwards and upwards... by solios · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Er.

    The US has had a seriously anal and assholish ID system for YEARS. You basically do not exist if you don't have a driver's license or state ID- you can't get a bank account, booze, or cigarettes without one, among other things.

    Oh, and they expire every couple of years and you have to pay to renew them. >:|