Movie and song copiers beware: Use an Internet discussion site in Hong Kong to violate copyrights and you may be turned in to law enforcement authorities by an 11-year-old Boy Scout.
Starting this summer the Hong Kong government plans to have 200,000 youths search Internet discussion sites for illegal copies of copyrighted songs and movies, and report them to the authorities. The campaign has delighted the entertainment industry, but prompted misgivings among some civil liberties advocates.
The so-called Youth Ambassadors campaign will start on Wednesday with 1,600 youths pledging their participation at a stadium in front of leading Hong Kong film and singing stars and several Hong Kong government ministers.
The Youth Ambassadors represent a new reliance on minors to keep order on the Internet. All members of the Boy Scouts, Girl Guides and nine other uniformed youth groups here, ranging in age from 9 to 25, will be expected to participate, government officials said.
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Hong Kong has Boy Scouts? HAHAHAHA!!! That’s too funny!!!!!
Corporations have now taken up the role of teaching kids scary isnt it?
well considering the crappy state-run educational system i am not suprised..
Corps run the world guys. Always have. It is the new plantation system. Hey look here…. News is changing soon. Corps are going to fall because of crime. Half the money in the world is fake so I heard. Don’t know it is true but serial numbers on checks and dollars are traceable through larger computer systems. Every dollar and every account can be traced and checked. Just watch in a bank how they handle the money and look at the machines that scan checks and bills.