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RIAA's Elementary School Copyright Curriculum
selven writes "In a blatant campaign devoid of any subtlety, the RIAA is fighting for the hearts and minds of our children with its Music Rules, a collection of education materials on how to respect copyright. The curriculum includes vocabulary such as 'counterfeit recordings, DMCA notice, "Grokster" ruling, legal downloading, online piracy, peer-to-peer file sharing, pirate recordings, songlifting, and US copyright law.' There is no mention whatsoever of fair use. Compounding the bias, it includes insights such as that taking music without paying for it is 'songlifting,' and that making copies for personal use and then playing them while your friends come over is illegal. On the bright side, it includes math showing that the total damages from copyright infringement by children in the US amount to a measly $7.8 million."
Cherry picking. Go back and read the whole post and try again.
There is no "-1 offended" or "-1 you don't agree with me" mod options for a reason.
So you're saying that if I take very small samples of The Beatles' White Album (as I consider the album an entire work) and make new songs out of those small samples, it is completely legal
Hello. This is Slashdot. On the Web. You need to make things a bit clearer as to whether you are a) joking b) being sarcastic c) doing something else.
Right now, you are looking like a fair idiot.
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