Boy Scouts Now Have Copyright Activity Badge

[Rob Williams]

Here's a new one to add to your WTF file.

The Motion Picture Association of America has partnered with the Los Angeles Area Boy Scouts to create a new patch for Boy Scouts – a “Respect Copyrights” activities patch. The movie industry helped develop the patch so that scouts can be educated on how movies are made and why films are valuable. The scouts will learn basics of copyright law while learning how to identify five different types of copyrighted works and three different ways that the copyrighted material may be acquired. Scouts will also get to visit a movie studio or some other activity to emphasize the impact that file sharing has on workers.

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4646

 

[madmat]

What's next? A merrit badge for turning in copyright violators? It's nice to know that the BSA can be bought.

 

[Rob Williams]

"Panty Wearer", "Bend Over" and "Small Penis Proud" are apparently all potential badges coming in the future.

In the end, I think they may as well merge scouts and girl guides into one unit.

 

[Greg King]

All those are better than the "Touched by a Catholic Priest" badge. That was one that was pulled from the idea line when being touched suddenly became something that was easily done by anyone.