[governance] RIAA's Elementary School Copyright Curriculum

[Jeffrey A. Williams]

All,

  Sadly it seems that the RIAA and I would suppose the MPAA are not yet
on board with the FCC nor completely honest about their laudable efforts
in education.  This is of course not surprising but is rather shameful.  So I wonder
if Mr Beckstrom will be more ernest about getting the IPC and the BC constituencies
more in line with the Internet community and if DOC/NTIA will be more forthcoming
in instructing the RIAA in particular as to their proper duties in education of
youngsters?  I am sure we all want our youngsters properly educated, not politically
exploited...

See: http://yro.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=09/09/18/1338249

"In a blatant campaign devoid of any subtlety, the http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/09/back-to-school-with-riaa-funded-curriculum.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss
RIAA is fighting for the hearts and minds of our children with its [1]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."

Regards,

Jeffrey A. Williams
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