Cyber-Ethics Champion Code
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Comments (9)
Poor kids...
Isn't there a law against this sort of thing? I get a feeling that American children are being induced to lie for Big Copyright ("copying software is like stealing"--no, it's not).
BTW, completely off-topic, so remove this comment if you like, but I did not know where else to post. As seen on Zeldman.com, Esquire has an article by Ron Reagan (son of) about George Bush (son of).
Quote related to Lessig's activities: "a staff member at Fox News—the cable-TV outlet of the Bush White House—told me a year ago that mere mention of bin Laden's name was forbidden within the company, lest we be reminded that the actual bad guy remained at large".
"I know that the copyright owner gets to decide how many times a software program can be copied. That means I cant't copy the software that is running on my home machine unless the licens for that program says i can"
And I know these kids are being lied to about fair use.
"Itis not okayto share something without the owner's permission."
Ahh.. telling kids they dont own what they buy. Isn't serfdom great?
Kids pick up their 'ethics' from their parents, their peers and their teachers. As long as kids learn that sharing and creativity are good, I don't think we have anything to fear.
Oh wait, sharing and creativity are illegal? Banned by law? Well, that's just bad law then, is it not?
The fact that they try to scam that last point about personal information in there to give the whole thing some credibility is undoubtedly the seediest part.
It's one thing to go around moralizing to the youth to protect your own interests, but to make believe that they really just want to "protect" the children from the things that go bump on the net is absurd (not to mention the stupidity of putting potential abusers/pedophiles/thieves in the same category as the temptation of "copying that is like stealing"). If they're going to impose corporate policy as morality they should at least have the balls/ovaries to come out and just say it straight.
I am surprised they mention the restrictions hinge on the license. I figured they would leave that little nuance out. And the "child's signature" part does seem a little sinister.
To Branko's point, yes, kids do pick up ethics from parents, peers and teachers, but.........SADLY, politicians, music and movie celebs and sports figures drop the ball (no pun intended) and fail to set good examples.
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Isn't there a law against this sort of thing? I get a feeling that American children are being induced to lie for Big Copyright ("copying software is like stealing"--no, it's not).