Like the kids are going to be watching the cd go around in the player. What is their stance on MP3 players, I mean you can't tell if the MP3 you are listening to is "legal" or not. They should stick to fishing, camping and tying knots.

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: Four years ago, the MPAA worked with the local Los Angeles chapter
: of the Boy Scouts of America to create a special "activity
: patch" for Boy Scouts to repeat propaganda about how evil
: file sharing is. For some reason, that story got renewed
: attention earlier this year, when a few sources came across the
: 2006 story without checking the date on it. While there's really
: nothing new on that story, it does appear that the Boy Scouts
: are making some absolutely ridiculous suggestions to parents
: about how to talk to your kids about copyright issues.
:
: That link is to an article in the latest issue of Scouting
: Magazine, supposedly about the "ethics" of file
: sharing, and how parents should talk to their children about it.
: And, yet, it's entirely one-sided, quoting the RIAA's claims
: about "losses," but oddly leaving out the stacks upon
: stacks upon stacks upon stacks of research showing that
: musicians are making more money these days, via alternative
: business models. You would think that would be a relevant part
: of the discussion... but it's totally absent. Someone,
: apparently, failed their "research the facts" merit
: badge.
:
: But where the article goes totally off the rails is in telling
: parents that their children are too stupid to understand the
: nuances of copyright law, and because of that, they should take
: an extreme position: one so extreme that they shouldn't even
: listen to legally burned CDs:
:
: "So how can Scouters teach ethical behavior related to
: music downloading? One way: Set a good example. When you haul
: around Scouts in your car, for example, only play CDs that
: you've purchased. If you play CDs that you've burned - even if
: they're legal - your Scouts may not recognize the difference
: between those and the pirated CDs friends have given them."
:
: The article also tries to blame musicians who embrace
: alternative business models for making the situation more
: confusing:
:
: "Part of the problem, [Dr. Tony] Aretz says, lies in the
: Internet's free-for-all nature, where users get all sorts of
: content free - even information from newspapers that they would
: have to pay for in the real world. Bands like Radiohead have
: further complicated the situation by giving their music away or
: offering it on a "pay what you want" basis."
:
: Note to Aretz and Scouting magazine: the internet is the real
: world too. And bands like Radiohead haven't "further
: complicated the situation." They've helped make it clear
: that there are smart business models that can be embraced while
: not turning your fans into criminals. It would seem like that's
: a rather important lesson one should teach Boy Scouts.
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