Captain Copyright Targets Kids

frank249 writes "The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency has set up a copyright education website called Captain Copyright. There is a section for kids with comic books and a section for teachers for grades 1-3, 3-6 and 6-8. An example of a grade 1 class activity: 'Present the following situation to students: Your friend is downloading a song off the Internet. In comes Captain Copyright. Ask: What do you think Captain Copyright will say? Encourage students to brainstorm. Then hand out (or read) Line Master: Some Copyright Laws.' In Canadian law it is incorrect to download a song unless you pay for it. They also neglect to mention that Canadians pay a tax on blank media that is meant to compensate artists for downloads."

Comments

Captain Copyright to sue slashdot . . .

[jgaynor]

Captain Copyright has heroically announced he's suing /. for copyright violation, after the vicious plagiarizers failed to read his site's asinine legal disclaimer and reproduced his valuable intellectual property. Additionally, poster jgaynor will also be sued for talking shit about captain copyright AND linking to his site in the same paragraph. Think that last sentance was hyperbole? Think again:

"permission to link is explicitly withheld from any website the contents of which may, in the opinion of the Access Copyright, be damaging or cause harm to the reputation of Access Copyright."

Holy Nutsack Cap'n Copyright!

More making fun of this ridiculous attempt at a valid legal statement here (disclaimer: not affiliated).

Vote early, vote often!

[Just Some Guy]

You get to vote on the best way to contact Captain Copyright. I voted to:

From: root@localhost
Subject: CC Vote - Post A Torrent And Follow The RIAA

I vote to post a torrent of the paper, wait for the thugs at the RIAA to find it, then follow the hit van to their house.

A few million similar votes should get the point across.