New Merit Badge, Brought to you by the letters R, I, A and A

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From: Randall <[email protected]>
Date: October 20, 2006 11:06:25 PM PDT
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Saturday, October 21, 2006 at 2:04 AM EDT
Friday, October 20, 2006

(10-20) 11:04 PDT Los Angeles (AP) --

A Boy Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, etc., etc. He is also  
respectful of copyrights.

Boy Scouts in the Los Angeles area will now be able to earn a merit  
patch for learning about the evils of downloading pirated movies and  
music.

The patch shows a film reel, a music CD and the international  
copyright symbol, a "C" enclosed in a circle.

The movie industry has developed the curriculum.

"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, and hopefully change attitudes about  
intellectual property theft," Dan Glickman, chairman of the Motion  
Picture Association of America, said Friday.

Scouts will be instructed in the basics of copyright law and learn  
how to identify five types of copyrighted works and three ways  
copyrighted materials may be stolen.

Scouts also must choose one activity from a list that includes  
visiting a movie studio to see how many people can be harmed by film  
piracy. They also can create public service announcements urging  
others not to steal movies or music.


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