[Ecommerce] BSA's IP Curriculum for middle school

[Manon Ress]

On Thursday April 25, 2002 at the USPTO Copyright Conference "End User
Issues" panel, Jenny Blank, Director of Enforcement for BSA
(www.bsa.org) explained that BSA was developing a middle school
curriculum on IP.  I think it is the "set of materials called Reboot
Your Attitude...a free teaching guide for ages 10 and up" mentioned in
the teacher resources site below but I have not been able to put my hand
on it.  If anyone on the list has seen the "IP curriculum," I'd be
grateful if you send it my way! 
Manon
  
April 30, 2002
 http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/whats_new/techknow/dec01.shtm
Protecting Schools from Software Piracy
by Debbi Bauman  

The widespread availability of computers and Internet connections in
schools has meant a tremendous advance in learning for America's
students. But, it also provides an environment for software piracy to
operate, especially if students and teachers aren't aware of the laws
that govern the use of software. 

Unless schools have a clear, written software use policy that is
distributed to every teacher and student, educators take the chance
their school will become a home to installations of unlicensed software.
To help schools avoid that risk and the penalties associated with being
caught, the Business Software Alliance (BSA), an industry organization
representing the world's leading software developers, has prepared a
special set of materials called Reboot Your Attitude. 

This free teaching guide for ages 10 and up covers values, ethics and
citizenship, while promoting safe software use. BSA encourages teachers
and educators to print and use the free curriculum that relates to
science, language arts, social studies and math classes. 

SNIP
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Manon Anne Ress
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