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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. LineUX... STRONG ENUFF FOR A MAN BUT MAED FOR TEH by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Fagg0ts!!!!!

    OTHER OS....are on TEH SPOKE!!!~!1`~`!!one~~!

  4. 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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  5. Can you feel a draft? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Brrr! there's a draft in the air.

    if you feel cold, i'm told its MUCH hotter in Iraq! You'll be fine when you get there. i hear the people scream differently when they're shot.

    And they know the americans burn for longer mostly due to the extra fat.

  6. 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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  7. Re:Wow, this is terrible. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why is this modded down? It makes a very valid point.

  8. Disclaimer by illuminata · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I, illuminata, had nothing to do with the Illuminati: New World Order card game mentioned in this Slashdot article. My name simply means glowing in Italian.

    I also had nothing to do with getting that card game mentioned in the article, composition of the article, or anything to do with the article making the main page.

    Also, I do not have any control whatsoever involving the operations of the MPAA or any other trade group, the public school system, or Washington D.C.

    Thank you.

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

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

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  10. 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. >:|