[pp.int.general] UK action idea: in schools

[Rodrigo Pereira]

Uk Intelectual Property Office have this children-oriented website:

http://www.crackingideas.com/

Naturaly Is difficult to children of XXI century understand
"intelectual property". All things of XXI century says the contrary.

Rodrigo Pereira


2010/10/22 W Tovey <will.tovey at pp-international.net>:
> All that is required (in state schools) is that pupils study some form
> of ICT (in my case this was about 3 lessons in one year playing around
> with an iMac, and using a word processor and search engine); there is no
> requirement to study GCSE IT. Anyway...
>
> I've had a quick look through the syllabuses for GCSE ICT and I can see
> is half a lesson on "Copyright Law"; from my experience of both GCSEs
> and the public understanding of copyright, this is unlikely to be either
> particularly serious or accurate. It is taught in the context of the
> Data Protection Act and computer misuse, so is most likely to be
> something like "this is copyright, it happens, you can get sued for lots
> of money or sent to prison if you infringe".
>
> As for the "study" web sites, they are more likely to be
> propaganda-filled (being  commercial thingamies, so susceptible to
> "sponsorship") but I'm not sure how much attention the average student
> pays to them in the first place.
>
> Having said all that, accurate education about copyright would be very
> helpful but something of a challenge (both to publish material that
> people will read and to get the details right - the BPI et al. have been
> having trouble with both). There is plenty of information available, but
> it is spread all over the Internet, often in obscure places. There
> appears to be no easy way to get it to the public (there is no public
> interest in copyright stuff).
>
> Probably the best way to get a message to school children is through
> local government (who, I think, have some control over local education)
> so if PPUK manages to get any elected officials there that might be a
> starting point. As with everything else, there is no way we can directly
> compete with the anti-sharing lot on a commercial scale (and even then,
> their "educational" campaigns are clearly failing - no one is interested).
>
> On 22/10/2010 13:23, Richard Stallman wrote:
>> England requires all students to study the GCSE IT class, and many schools use "study" web sites such as samlearning.com which include propaganda that sharing is "piracy".
>>
>> Is anyone in the UK interested in organizing a "sharing is good" campaign there?
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