[FYI] (Fwd) FC: U.K. plans mandatory IP indoctrination for children,

["Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>]

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Date sent:      	Wed, 6 Jun 2001 12:17:49 -0400
From:           	Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
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Subject:        	FC: U.K. plans mandatory IP indoctrination for children, from Cluebot
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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, @12:10PM
   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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