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Verheugen Commission wants to set the minds of children
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| Responsible lobbyism respects our democratic culture. Unfettered technocratic
| thinking neglects the basic principles of European liberalism. The small
| business act as an example for loss of reality.
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http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-60676/verheugen-commission-wants-to-set-the-minds-of-children
Does open source mandate change in copyright law?
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| The purpose of copyright and patent rights is not the permanent enrichment of
| authors, inventors, and their descendents or assigned corporate parents. It
| is to provide an incentive for the creation and distribution of new work.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2458
Recent:
Can Microsoft teach tots digital-age virtue?
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| The basis of Redmond's pitch was a small survey they sponsored where nearly
| half of the kids polled said they were unfamiliar with the rules and
| guidelines of using copyrighted media. Microsoft figured tots would be less
| inclined to steal someone's IP if they knew about the alleged consequences.
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| A lot of digital ink was used to slam Microsoft's scheme. People need Redmond
| telling them about IP rules like they need Pavorotti schooling them about a
| well-balanced diet.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/27/microsoft_ip_curriculum_look/
Threat Of Jail Time Increases Respect For Copyright, Microsoft Says
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| It's not clear whether Microsoft's statement to teen respondents -- "When you
| do not follow these rules you are open to significant fines and possibly jail
| time" -- is entirely accurate, particularly when teens under the age of 18
| are involved. Emily Berger, an intellectual property fellow at the Electronic
| Frontier Foundation, is skeptical. "I think it's being used as a scare
| tactic," she said. "It's a real stretch of the law to say it's theoretically
| possible."
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http://informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206503467
Microsoft training youth to love intellectual property
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| Take, for example, its commitment to help teenagers understand the importance
| of respecting intellectual property (read: giving Microsoft more money). It
| just put out a survey showing that when kids understand the rules of
| copyright, they're "less likely to download illegally."
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| [...]
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| The one thing it didn't explain to teens is why they should retrofit
| 20th-century copyright laws onto 21st-century realities. Digitization is a
| fact. The web is a fact. Intellectual property is not the same as real,
| tangible property, and should be treated and monetized differently.
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http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9871636-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheOpenRoad
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