This potentially explosive piece of legislation would have been wrong to implement in its previous form, luckily those behind the plan saw the possible abuse and took action.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060726-7359.htmlWhether it's Captain Copyright or What's the Diff?, entertainment industry curricula are "not just biased, but just sometimes flat-out wrong about what the law says," according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).
That's why a bill introduced to the California Assembly last year concerned EFF lawyers so much. State Rep. Ed Chavez introduced AB 307 just before Valentine's Day, 2005, but the bill brought no love to the EFF, where activists worried that it might open the door for industry-sponsored curricula in California classrooms.
Chavez's office changed the bill's requirements to include "the concept, purpose, and significance of copyright" and also instructed schools to teach students how to "distinguish lawful from unlawful online downloading"—at least implying that there is such a thing as a legal download.
These changes did not include an explicit decree to teach "fair use," but the EFF found the new bill vastly superior to the old one. The group's main concern is getting students to "think critically about these topics," and they're hopeful that the new bill will make that easier. The RIAA, who sent a representative to the committee hearing on the bill, had no problem with the changes, either.
A more honest and pleasing result for many concerned parents I think you'll all agree
