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Nebu
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I just ran across this on Yahoo. It's basically a new merit badge introduced to the Boy Scouts of America to attempt to decrease music and movie piracy among youngsters. I'm not sure what to think about it at the moment, so I thought I'd open the floor to discussion. |
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bhodi
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No lie.
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roflcopter.
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stray
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has an iMac.
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Piracy issues aside, it just sounds like a bunch of entertainment industry reps using their kids to push their agenda.
I doubt the Boy Scouts of Waco or Kalamazoo will give a shit.
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Krakrok
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It's a merit "patch" and not a badge because it's an unofficial whatever put togather by the Los Angeles branch. The Hong Kong branch has a similar "patch" and program. They pay kids to submit links to pirated crap or some such.
What next, a coke drinking merit "patch" shaped like a Coke logo? Learn why coke is better than water, where to buy it, and ways you can help other people to start drinking coke too!
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schild
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I downloaded a copy of that image from the link you provided Nebu. Then I printed it out and made my own merit badge.
It was awesome.
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Oban
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I downloaded a copy of that image from the link you provided Nebu. Then I printed it out and made my own merit badge.
It was awesome.
Somewhere in America, an MPAA copyright attorney's head just exploded. |
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Yegolev
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The guy in my office that supplies me with burns of TV shows I missed is a Scout leader.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
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Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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schild
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The guy in my office that supplies me with burns of TV shows I missed is a Scout leader.
SOMEONE ISN'T GETTING A BADGE. |
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Llava
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I'd like to view this curriculum. Maybe as a visual aid they spliced in bits of the South Park showing how Britney Spears couldn't afford the jumbo jet and had to settle for the regular jet, because of music piracy.
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That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in hell. -Saint Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica
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climbjtree
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That kind of reminds me of... what was that book? 1984? That's the one where they've got the kids ratting out their parents and stuff?
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Righ
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1944. Germany, not a book.
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2002. Equilibrium. A movie, not a book.
Snarkety-snark-snark.
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Johny Cee
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It's a merit "patch" and not a badge because it's an unofficial whatever put togather by the Los Angeles branch. The Hong Kong branch has a similar "patch" and program. They pay kids to submit links to pirated crap or some such.
What next, a coke drinking merit "patch" shaped like a Coke logo? Learn why coke is better than water, where to buy it, and ways you can help other people to start drinking coke too!
Activity patch, which doesn't count for anything. Advancement is strictly through merit badges. The Boy Scouts do patches for virtually everything, which amount to nothing more than "teh shiny" to collect or put on your uniform. Camporees, summer camp, etc. Sales of patches are big for fundraising, and some kids/adults trade them. A Coke patch or anything else that's blatantly merchandising would never get off the ground. I'm not sure the Boy Scouts will even take gifts of product from soft drink manufacturers anymore, due to health concerns and negative PR. Cynical douchebags.  (For the record, I served on the board of a Boy Scout council pre-merger, and now am a "member-at-large"/finance and fundraising guy for a very large Council in New York) |
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Engels
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anything else that's blatantly merchandising would never get off the ground. "Working with the Boy Scouts of Los Angeles, we have a real opportunity to educate a new generation about how movies are made, why they are valuable,..." Dan Glickman, chairman of the Motion Picture Association of America, said in a statement Friday.
Scouts will be instructed in the basics of copyright law and learn how to identify five types of copyrighted works
The program is being introduced to the 52,000 Scouts in the Los Angeles area, with plans to offer it to other California councils early next year. The program will reach Scouts ages 6 to 21. |
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Johny Cee
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anything else that's blatantly merchandising would never get off the ground. "Working with the Boy Scouts of Los Angeles, we have a real opportunity to educate a new generation about how movies are made, why they are valuable,..." Dan Glickman, chairman of the Motion Picture Association of America, said in a statement Friday.
Scouts will be instructed in the basics of copyright law and learn how to identify five types of copyrighted works
The program is being introduced to the 52,000 Scouts in the Los Angeles area, with plans to offer it to other California councils early next year. The program will reach Scouts ages 6 to 21. Link: http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/MerchandisingBy definition, merchandising would need to push a particular brand or studio, or specific movie/television franchises. How would education on copyrights do that? If it was a Sony patch, or a Power Rangers patch, or whatever I could see potential problems. You have to identify how this is a direct means of inducing scouts to consume a specific product. If anything, this is a goodwill grab by the MPAA in an attempt to promote their views on piracy. |
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Righ
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If anything, this is a goodwill grab by the MPAA in an attempt to promote their views on piracy.
Pirate  Not a pirate  but she could be 14 |
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XboxGod
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1944. Germany, not a book.
Agreed, but at least this wasn't government sponsored. Time to move to Canada anyone? |
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Llava
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Canada's a sucker's bet. It'll be the first to go.
I'm planning on Australia.
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That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in hell. -Saint Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica
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Lum
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That kind of reminds me of... what was that book? 1984? That's the one where they've got the kids ratting out their parents and stuff?
Righ has the approximate time period, but the wrong dictatorship. See: Pavlik Morozov.  |
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HaemishM
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the Confederate flag underneath the stone in my class ring
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It's a merit "patch" and not a badge because it's an unofficial whatever put togather by the Los Angeles branch. The Hong Kong branch has a similar "patch" and program. They pay kids to submit links to pirated crap or some such.
What next, a coke drinking merit "patch" shaped like a Coke logo? Learn why coke is better than water, where to buy it, and ways you can help other people to start drinking coke too!
Activity patch, which doesn't count for anything. Advancement is strictly through merit badges. So it's a faction grind? |
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Lantyssa
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Not a pirate but she could be 14 Not a Boy Scout, either. |
Hahahaha! I'm really good at this!
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Lum
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Clearly, she is ninja.
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NiX
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Canada's a sucker's bet. It'll be the first to go.
Not with our artists actively fighting the Canadian version of the RIAA. Pretty hard to crush something when the people making you money aren't on board with your ideas. |
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Llava
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I mean it'll be the first one to go like Czechoslovakia was the first one to go.
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That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in hell. -Saint Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica
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Lum
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Hellfire Games
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Well you know, if Canada weren't so hostile to the US minority groups on the border this wouldn't be an issue.
Canada: the United States' last territorial demand in North America. (Except for Mexico.)
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Righ
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Do you have a link to a lossless torrent, guitar tab and lyrics for that please?
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The camera adds a thousand barrels. - Steven Colbert
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XboxGod
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Awesome song, Weird Al rocks. |
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Yegolev
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Activity patch, which doesn't count for anything. Advancement is strictly through merit badges. So it's a faction grind? In Boy Scouts 2142, they switch to pins and use badges for adverts. |
Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Soln
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Well you know, if Canada weren't so hostile to the US minority groups on the border this wouldn't be an issue.
Canada: the United States' last territorial demand in North America. (Except for Mexico.)
you can have Mexico -- we'll be Free Trading With Russia and hoard all the fresh water and uranium FTW |
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