A Boy Scout Badge for Learning About Copyright

Are you as worried as we are about the future of copyright protection? There is a whole digital generation that has grown up thinking that all information, including photography, is free for the taking, especially on on the Internet. (Bloggers: We mean you.) If you aren't worried about this, you should be. If you are worried, take heart. The Boy Scouts of Los Angeles are doing a good deed by offering a new activity badge that articulates the evils of content piracy.

I can't argue with the idea behind this. It's about time somebody recognized that kids just don't think about who owns content anymore. And if you can earn a badge by taking a course offered by the Motion Picture Association of America, that's cool. But it is sooo L.A., isn't it? Next they'll be teaching their Scouts how to set a broken bone with nothing but chop sticks from the nearest sushi restaurant.
—David Schonauer