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[FYI] Why can't Johnny respect copyrights?



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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