Nuclear Beef

The Hong Kong government has launched the "IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) Scout Badge" to promote respect of intellectual property among youngsters.

Scouts qualify for the badge by attending seminars and other activities on the topic, the government said in a statement seen Wednesday. The program will initially target scouts between 11 and 16 years old.

"It is a long-term process which involves continuous training of scout members throughout their formative years," Stephen Selby, director of the government's intellectual property department, said in the statement.

Giggle. Fortunately, this program should have zero impact. Somehow I doubt your typical Chinese Boy Scout is an obsessive media pirate nerd. Also, Piracy in Hong Kong is a business and the business people sure aren't in the Boy Scouts. For the record, Nuclear Beef wholeheartedly disapproves of commercial media piracy. If it ain't yours, don't be making money off it.

(Shouts to synec for the hooks.)