Tuesday, May 03, 2005

Copyright Merit Badges

In a shameless ploy to indoctrinate the young, the Motion Picture Association is handing out merit badges to Boy Scouts in exchange for regurgitating their draconian IP philosophy. First, sexism. Next, religious intolerance. Then, homophobia. Now, hostility to fair use. I wonder what the Boy Scout motto is going to look like in a few years: "A Scout is trustworthy to DRM, loyal to the MPAA, helpful to RIAA lawyers, friendly to copyright holders, obedient to the DMCA..."

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