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Tech-Ed Funding to be Tied to Copyright-Ed?
feminazi writes "Ars Technica is reporting that California Assemblyman Ed Chavez has proposed legislation that would require recipients of an educational technology grant program to educate their students in copyright law as well. There are three areas of education that would be required: 'ethical behavior in regards to the use of information technology,' 'the concept, purpose, and significance of a copyright,' and 'the implications of illegal peer-to-peer network file sharing.'"
Or did they just want the standard "corporate big-wigs getting rich should have their methods and profits guaranteed?"
Just want to know which I should be teaching...
I will never live for sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.
Actually, the common term for motorcyclists who don't wear helmets is "organ donors."
Information wants to be anthropomorphized.
They can call it C.A.R.E.--Copyright Abuse Resistance Education. Maybe even have cops come in and show off a simulated pirated download, so the kids can identify them when they encounter them. Teach the students to avoid peer-to-peer pressure...
"Hello, My name is Ed Chavez, I'd like to begin today by saying I am a puppet of 'particular music and filmed entertainment industries'. In this speech I will use buzz words and phrases to spread FUD in order to train you, such as 'content', 'illegal file-sharing' and 'costs to taxpayers'. I'm sure you're all aware of how precious bandwidth is. Oh so precious, like oxygen, gold, puppies and smiling babies. We should bow to the industry, for they provide us with such precious content for our precious bandwidth. Like petroleum, there is only so much bandwith on this earth, and peer-to-peer is consuming it, illegally no doubt. At this illegal, costly-to-taxpayers rate, the world will soon run out of bandwidth, and it will be gone to us forever. These industries are acting selflessly to protect us. They bravely sue grandmothers and 14 year old girls to protect the content we require to sustain our daily lives. Do you not love your benefactors? A vote against this measure is a vote for communism. You are against communism, aren't you?"
i don't care
And they can start the day with:
I pledge allegiance to the RIAA
and to the media conglomerates for which it stands.
One nation, under DRM.
With perpetual copyright and a compliant Congress,
for those with the most lobbyists.
I noticed a mistake in your post: You didn't mention OpenBSD.
hello dear sirs my name is jamesh i are india (bihar) can u guide me install red had linux 9?
the difference between plagarism and research
Appropriately, I have this sign hanging in my office:
"To copy from one work is plagiarism. To copy from many is research."duplicating is not stealing. and maybe the speed limits should be set at the maximum safe speed for the road, not 10-20mph lower. laws like this only serve to make everybody criminals & increase government (and corporate) control over our lives.
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