Steve, You say:
What's interesting about this particular piece is that Hollywood is taking an "explain and educate" angle rather than a more confrontational "intimidate and litigate". That's a noteworthy twist given how much piracy costs Hollywood. Actually, Hollywood is taking all those angles at once as well as buying up legislators in order to extend their once limited "rights" in perpetuity and circumvent consumer rights through legislation such as the DMCA. I would love to see the requirements for this patch and see if this is going to educate scouts on the issues surrounding intellectual property rights or it is simply going to be more of the same from Hollywood, that consumers have no rights and that a copyright violation is the equivalent to holding up a little old lady at gunpoint. I'm not saying that copyright violation is a good thing, but that Hollywood consistently mischaracterizes it as the equivalent of stealing physical property, which is a lie. I'm hoping that the material surrounding this program is shocking to me in how even handedly it treats the issues, but I'm not holding me breath. So Steve, what do you think scouts need to know about copyright? later, John On 10/23/06, Thomas Haws <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Sounds good to me, depending on how you look at it. Giving away freely is celestial. Stealing is telestial. Respecting property rights is terrestrial. The world aspires to keep a terrestrial law. On 10/23/06, Steven H. McCown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I guess they feel that they are losing money to the "internet culture" and > that they need to re-educate people that it is wrong to steal. While 30 > years ago, truly honest people would never have dared photocopy a book (even > if it was free and instantaneous), the "internet culture" has changed that > mindset. This new culture has given us other 'experts' such as Napster, > torrents, etc. that make it technologically easy to do what once was > considered wrong by the mainstream. > > I remember church talks telling us that it was wrong to steal cable TV. The > response of some was, "oh, come on, they're not actually losing money on me, > because I wouldn't subscribe anyway and it doesn't really cost them more for > just 1 more viewer..." It was still stealing even though some had really > compelling rationalizations... > > What's interesting about this particular piece is that Hollywood is taking > an "explain and educate" angle rather than a more confrontational > "intimidate and litigate". That's a noteworthy twist given how much piracy > costs Hollywood. > > If the next generation of net user grows up having learned that it is wrong > to copy [not just photocopy], then we may just end up with less litigation > and that would be a good thing. Wouldn't it? > > Steve > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bryan Murdock > Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 7:51 PM > To: LDS Open Source Software > Subject: Re: [Ldsoss] Boy Scouts get a "Respect Copyrights" activity badge > > "The movie industry has developed the curriculum." > > Oh good, an impartial and fair party, experts in law and the constitution. > :-P > > Bryan > _______________________________________________ > Ldsoss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ldsoss.org/mailman/listinfo/ldsoss > > _______________________________________________ > Ldsoss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ldsoss.org/mailman/listinfo/ldsoss > -- Tom Haws 480-201-5476 Who is your teacher? _______________________________________________ Ldsoss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ldsoss.org/mailman/listinfo/ldsoss
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