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[FYI] Why can't Johnny respect copyrights?
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- Subject: [FYI] Why can't Johnny respect copyrights?
- From: "Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 19:39:54 +0200
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/07/16/abc_ip/index.html
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Why can't Johnny respect copyrights?
In Britain, elementary-school classrooms prepare to preach reverence
for intellectual property -- and to denounce the evils of file-
sharing.
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By Alan Docherty
July 16, 2001 | If members of the U.K.'s Creative Industries Task
Force have their way, British teenagers will soon be cramming for
tests on intellectual property law and the legal implications of file-
sharing. Schoolkids who download illicit MP3 files, cut and paste
newspaper articles or e-mail them, or exchange JPEG files of Britney
Spears will learn the error of their ways -- at least according to
the copyright officials.
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