More coverage of the film industry's efforts to extend its propaganda campaign to the classroom (I wish I could get my propaganda campaigns into the classroom). "As early as next month the industry will begin promoting a 'stealing is bad' message in schools, teaming up with Junior Achievement on an hourlong class for fifth through ninth graders on the history of copyright law and the evils of online file sharing. The effort includes games like Starving Artist, in which students pretend to be musicians whose work is downloaded free from the Internet, and a crossword puzzle called Surfing for Trouble." With all the angst about school achievement recently, do you think these sorts of political games are the best use of students' time?
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