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The Motion Picture Association has suckered the Boy Scouts of Hong Kong into offering a Merit Badge in Intellectual Property -- a reward to impressionistic youngsters for sitting through a full course of copyright-maximalist indoctrination.
The MPA, the Hong Kong Scout Association, and the Hong Kong government announced the program this week. It's the first of its type anywhere in the world.Link"The Intellectual Property Badge Award Program will provide thousands of young people -- future leaders -- with a better understanding of the value of intellectual property and of the importance of protecting it," Mike Ellis, senior vice president of the MPA, said in a press release.
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