: Re: [Upd-discuss] a longer term strategy for promoting the public domain?

[Jack Clinton]

The US library association, ALA, is doing something
useful about providing information on copyright law in
the US.

They are not aiming at political decision makers but
at children. But the same tactics - producing a
readable text with a clearly articulated view of
copyright that shows the give and take of treating
ideas and intellectual work as property - should be
useful in achieving more directly political ends.

Copyright Crusaders Hit Schools 
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,64543,00.html?tw=wn_6culthead

For the third year in a row, software companies are
supplying schools with materials that promote their
antipiracy position on copyright law. But for the
first time this year, the library association is
presenting its own material, hoping to give kids a
more balanced view of copyright law. 

The American Library Association will distribute its
materials through high-school librarians this winter
or spring. In September, the ALA will hold focus
groups with teenagers to better understand how they
use the Internet, what they think about the technology
and what language they use. That information will
contribute to ALA-created comic books that address
various copyright issues relevant to students.  [...]



		
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