SCOUTS STEP IN THE PICTURE TO STOP PIRACY MPAA OFFERS ACTIVITY BADGE.Byline: GREG HERNANDEZ Staff Writer With trustworthiness being one of the key components of Scout law Since the publication of Scouting for Boys in 1908, all Scouts and Guides around the world have taken a Scout Promise or oath to live up to ideals of the movement, and subscribed to a Scout Law. , the movie industry is turning to a new ally in its battle against movie piracy: the Boy Scouts of America Noun 1. Boy Scouts of America - a corporation that operates through a national council that charters local councils all over the United States; the purpose is character building and citizenship training . The Motion Picture Association of America, which represents the interests of the major movie studios, on Friday unveiled an anti-piracy program that enables Scouts in the Los Angeles area council Founded in 1914,[1] the Los Angeles Area Council (LAAC) (#33) serves most of the City of Los Angeles as well as several other cities in the greater Los Angeles area. It is one of five Boy Scouts of America councils in Los Angeles County, California. to earn an activity patch. ``They approached us about working together on a project,'' MPAA MPAA abbr. Motion Picture Association of America Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Dan Glickman Daniel Robert "Dan" Glickman (born November 24, 1944) is an American politician. He served as the United States Secretary of Agriculture from 1995 until 2001, prior to which he represented the Fourth Congressional District of Kansas as a Democrat in Congress for 18 years. said. ``There is particular significance in California because of the number of (movie industry) jobs here. It's a fascinating experiment with kids who grow up in an area where the creative world is such an important economic force.'' To complete the program, Scouts must demonstrate their knowledge of copyright law and why copyrights matter. They also must be able to identify five types of copyrighted works and name ways that such material can be stolen. ``We have this ongoing effort trying to reach young people to effectively provide an opportunity to get responsible attitudes on intellectual property,'' Glickman said. ``It's educating people before they may become involved or believe that intellectual property rights are not important.'' Victor Zuniga, of the Boy Scouts of America Los Angeles area council, said more than 52,000 Scouts in more than 34 cities have the opportunity to participate. It is the first of the seven councils in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, to implement the program, with others expected to follow. ``A Scout is trustworthy,'' Zuniga said. ``When you take the values of the Scout program, obviously stealing is not being a trustworthy member of society. Kids sometimes are not aware they may be committing a crime. I think education is real key to that.'' Among the activities the Scouts have the option of completing are creating a public service announcement, writing a pamphlet or brochure, or writing and performing a skit about why copyright protection is important. Other options are researching peer-to-peer Web sites or visiting a movie studio with the Scouting troop. Earlier this year, the MPAA released a study that showed that the major movie studios lost an estimated $6.1billion in 2005 because of Internet piracy, bootlegging bootlegging, in the United States, the illegal distribution or production of liquor and other highly taxed goods. First practiced when liquor taxes were high, bootlegging was instrumental in defeating early attempts to regulate the liquor business by taxation. and illegal copying of their films. The losses are far bigger than any previous annual estimates and showed that Internet piracy, which accounted for $2.3billion of the losses, is now nearly matching the losses for street sales of bootlegged copies, which totaled $2.4billion. The remaining $1.4billion was lost to the illegal copying of films. greg.hernandez(at)dailynews.com (818)713-3758 BEING GOOD SCOUTS Good Scouts (1938) is a Donald Duck cartoon which features Donald as the leader of Huey, Dewey, and Louie's scout troop. The cartoon begins with Donald and his nephews hiking in the great outdoors in Yellowstone National Park. Here are three ways Boy Scouts can earn an activity patch from the Motion Picture Association of America. Movie: Watch it all the way through the credits. Assess who would be hurt if it were stolen. Explain what a bootleg DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. looks like and how people can avoid buying one. Video game: Play it. ID the designers and describe game elements that are copyrightable. Music: Play a favorite CD for the troop leader. Tell him why you like it. List all the people who contributed to making it and what they did. Source: Motion Picture Association of America CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: (color) no caption (RESPECT COPYRIGHTS) Box: BEING GOOD SCOUTS (see text) |
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