I am a regular TWIT podcast listener. In a recent show, Leo spent a significant amount of time commenting on a Boy Scout “patch” for learning about copyright, fair use, etc. The tone of the comments as well as comments provided by other technology sources (boingboing criticism) was critical because of the connection with the Motion Picture Association of America and the “narrow” position on copyright being promoted. To me, this is a situation in which everyone is “right”, but everyone seems to talk around certain realities. Copyright is probably overly restrictive, but blatant stealing of content occurs. Too many use the extreme positions as justification to do whatever they want to do.
I tried searching Boy Scouts of America to see if there was a position at the national level, but did not find anything. Presently, this appears to be California “project”.
