October 22, 2006
And what would your community service project look like? ::
legal — tagged boyscouts, copyright, legal, news and weird
4:45 pm
Only in LA. On Saturday, Slate’s Today’s Papers had this to say about a new merit badge being offered to Boy Scouts in Los Angeles (check the last paragraph of the story):
The LAT reports that Los Angeles-area Boy Scouts—perhaps those who would rather not learn the finer points of wilderness survival—can earn a new badge being offered in conjunction with the Motion Picture Association of America, the movie industry’s lobbying group. The “Respect Copyrights Activity” badge features the copyright “C” symbol, a film reel, and musical notes. A mom’s take: “This one is tailor-made for the city boy in L.A.” As long as the L.A. city boy is an aspiring studio hack.
Unfortunately, there was no link to the LA Times story when I last checked. I’d love some substantiation of this story, so if anyone knows of anything, send it along?
