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[jducoeur]

An interesting entry on Henry Jenkins' blog, about the latest Boy Scouts badge. Apparently, the MPAA has talked them into creating a new "Respect Copyrights" badge. Needless to say, it takes a rather slanted view of the issue, teaching singleminded respect for intellectual property but not teaching any other aspects of the matter.

Ick. There's something very clever, very cynical and really rather deep-down disturbing about this sort of manipulation. The memetic war over intellectual property continues to brew...

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[calygrey.livejournal.com]

There's something very clever, very cynical and really rather deep-down disturbing about this sort of manipulation.

Only if someone actually teaches the merit badge. I can think of rather a few leaders who won't touch this kind of thing. Boyscouts does a fair amount of this sort of manipulation. It's so obvious leaders get pretty good at ignoring it and getting on with camping trips, etc.