Antipiracy & Intellectual Property Awareness
Education Campaigns and Related Links
RIAA's http://riaa.com
Over the years, RIAA's goal has remained constant: to create a fair and equitable marketplace free of the illegal activities of music piracy.
SIIA http://www.siia.net/
Software & Information Industry Association. The principal trade
association for the software and digital content industry.
Cyberethics for Kids http://www.cybercrime.gov/rules/kidinternet.htm
U.S. Department of Justice offers teachers a lesson plan outline and exercises for K-8.)
Cybercitizenship.org http://www.cybercitizenship.org/index.html
The Cybercitizen Partnership Awareness Campaign offers approaches for teaching children about cyberethics, cybercrime information, and links to adult and youth resources.
CyberPilot's License http://etec.hawaii.edu/cpl/home.html
The CyberPilot's License is dedicated to the study of web ethics and the development of healthy online learning environments. Students, teachers, parents and policymakers are welcome to join our discussion forums, examine online resources, and help create an archive of educational materials.
CyberSpacers http://www.cyberspacers.org/
This site provides activities for kids: the CyberSpacers' oath; join the Super Cyber Team; and learn cybercrime through online quizzes, comics, games and contests.)
FA©E http://www.copyrightkids.org/
Friends of Active Copyright Education (FA©E), is a new initiative of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A. The principal goal of FA©E is to provide a broad range of resources to foster and support copyright education. To further that goal, a FA©E subcommittee developed the copyrightkids.org web site to teach school-age children the basics of copyright law.
MENC/ASCAP Foundation http://www.menc.org/information/copyright/creativity/contents.html
MENC: The National Association for Music Education with support from the ASCAP Foundation has developed a school curriculum that teaches students at all levels about the creative community and copyright. The program is offered not only by grade level but also by Teacher's class subject specialty, i.e. History, Government Affairs, English, etc.
Netmonkey http://www.netmonkey.info/
Convicted copyright pirate Mike Nguyen has created a site to educate young people about the risks of on-line piracy. This site contains a downloadable copy of "Net Monkey Weekly" an entertaining and informative newsletter directed at children, which addresses the ills of piracy.
Pro Music http://www.pro-music.org/
Pro Music is an international website that supports legitimate online services and provides information about copyright laws as well as artists speaking out about piracy.
What's The Download? http://www.whatsthedownload.com/
What's the Download, a comprehensive public education campaign created by The Recording Academy, strives to empower consumers to make informed, ethical and legal decisions when getting their music through digital technology while understanding the part they play in the future of music.
