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Microsoft Pushes Copyright Education Curriculum
Dotnaught writes "Backed by a study that says teens show more respect for copyrights when told of possible jail time for infringement, Microsoft is launching a new intellectual property curriculum to educate kids about IP law. To support its teachings, Microsoft has launched MyBytes, a Web site where students can create custom ringtones, share content — "their own content," as Microsoft makes clear — and learn more about intellectual property rights."
According to the Terms of Service at the bottom of the page, by posting pictures to flickr you give them a license to use said pictures in the promotion of the site. From the ToS: Yahoo! does not claim ownership of Content you submit or make available for inclusion on the Service..
Giving a license != giving ownership.
Klingon programs don't timeshare, they battle for supremacy.
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As many as I like; I own it. I think you know what to do...
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From the terms of use:
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What about the wider subject of ethics? Pretty handy for MS to focus only on the area that is of interest to them while acting like complete bastards in other areas (offence to bastards unintended).
Engineering is the art of compromise.
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Summary: http://www.ipreducation.com/ipr_curriculum_overview.pdf Lesson One: http://www.ipreducation.com/pdfdownload.php?pdf=IntellWhat_final.pdf&email=RIAA@sucks.tv Lesson Two: http://www.ipreducation.com/pdfdownload.php?pdf=RuleofLaw_final.pdf&email=RIAA@sucks.tv Lesson Three: http://www.ipreducation.com/pdfdownload.php?pdf=Music_final.pdf&email=RIAA@sucks.tv Lesson Four: http://www.ipreducation.com/pdfdownload.php?pdf=ProtectRespect_final.pdf&email=RIAA@sucks.tv On another note: Does anybody else find that ipreduacation parses as IP Reeducation, rather than IPR Education? More seriously, though. Let's go over this one with a fine toothed comb, work it up, and bury it along with Captain Copyright.
This is why the Free Software community is based around Microsoft systems?
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...and it has nothing to do with Microsoft ...
No it's based around Unix systems, which were around before Microsoft - and it's what large parts of Windows is based on as well
There was already a large community based around a common system with a common API before Microsoft and their still is
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