Well of course it will backfire - no Secondary School pupil in the UK
is going to listen to someone telling them not to swap CDRs on the
playground. And if they did then the schools may see a remarkable
drop in the computer skills of it's pupils as a result!
Vicki
>Now THAT sounds like a parody!!
>
>>From: Vicki Bennett <peoplelikeusATmistral.co.uk>
>>Reply-To: rumoriATdetritus.net
>>To: rumoriATdetritus.net
>>Subject: [rumori] U.K. plans mandatory IP indoctrination for
>>children, from Cluebot
>>Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 20:27:05 +0100
>>
>>>----Original Message----
>>>
>>>From: Declan McCullagh <declanATwell.com>
>>>Subject: FC: U.K. plans mandatory IP indoctrination for children,
>>>from Cluebot
>>>
>>>http://www.cluebot.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/05/2338246
>>>
>>> U.K. Plans Mandatory IP Indoctrination for Children
>>> posted by vergil on Wednesday June 06, AT12:10PM
>>> from the get-em-while-they're-young dept.
>>>
>>> Forget digital watermarks and cease-and-desist letters. The
>>> future of intellectual property enforcement lies not in
>>> technological access controls or litigation, but mandatory education.
>>> Anthony Murphy, the UK Patent Office's Director of Copyright since
>>> 1999, has hit upon a novel solution to stamp out public disregard for
>>> copyright law by nipping future file-swappers in the bud.
>>>
>>> In a move that's an eerie cross between Brave New World and the Lehman
>>> Working Group's "Just Say Yes" (to licensing) proposal, the UK's
>>> Patent Office and Department of Education have teamed up to teach
>>> youngsters the virtues of copyright. Starting in fall 2002, reverance
>>> to intellectual property -- and, presumably, disdain for Napster and
>>> its successors -- will become part the "Citizenship" aspect of
>>> England's National Curriculum for secondary school students.
>>>
>>> According to a April 26, 2001 UK Patent Office press release:
>>>
>>> "In Autumn 2002, a new subject, Citizenship, is being introduced into
>>> the National Curriculum in UK secondary schools. Its aim is to teach
>>> children how to be good, moral, citizens and Anthony Murphy believes
>>> the subject would be an ideal vehicle for teaching children about
>>> intellectual property.
>>>
>>> 'By bringing awareness of the importance of copyright into our
>>> schools, tomorrow's consumers can take their place in a community
>>> which understands, values and respects intellectual property.'"
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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