Microsoft Pushes Copyright Education Curriculum 251
Dotnaught writes "Backed by a study that says teens show more respect for copyrights when told of possible jail time for infringement, Microsoft is launching a new intellectual property curriculum to educate kids about IP law. To support its teachings, Microsoft has launched MyBytes, a Web site where students can create custom ringtones, share content — "their own content," as Microsoft makes clear — and learn more about intellectual property rights."
Re:whaddya wanna bet? (Score:3, Informative)
Giving a license != giving ownership.
User Poll (Score:5, Informative)
Zero
One or two
Three to seven
As many as I like; I own it.
Re:The Gospel According To Bill... (Score:5, Informative)
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all your posts are belong to us (Score:2, Informative)
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Pot, kettle, black! (Score:3, Informative)
Re:User Poll (Score:1, Informative)
Also, the poll seems to be pretty steady at 99% on the last answer. Good work
Re:You just made me laugh. (Score:3, Informative)
The USA [sohh.com].
Direct links to the "curriculum" (Score:2, Informative)
Re:"Preserve our business model OR ELSE" 101 (Score:3, Informative)
No it's based around Unix systems, which were around before Microsoft - and it's what large parts of Windows is based on as well
There was already a large community based around a common system with a common API before Microsoft and their still is
Re:User Poll (Score:2, Informative)
You have to register to take the poll.
Since I bothered to add my vote to the other 99% of voters and I won't bother to go to the site again I hereby release my login info for all to mess with the site:
username: username
No.. really...password: ********