A worldwide campaign launched Wed. by U.K. charity Childnet Inter...
A worldwide campaign launched Wed. by U.K. charity Childnet International will educate parents about file- sharing and music on the Internet. With only one parent in 10 savvy about downloading -- and surveys showing at least ? of U.K.…
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students have used peer-to-peer (P2P) -- Childnet and the international music industry want to get parents up to speed. With Pro-music, a digital music education campaign, Childnet will create a guide about P2P and downloading for parents. The guide will be distributed through music retailers, supermarkets, schools, libraries and websites in at least 8 languages and 19 countries. The first pamphlets will appear this month in Germany, Italy, Spain, Singapore, the U.S. and the U.K., as well as at www.pro-music.org. Britain’s recording industry welcomed the campaign. “There has already been huge publicity about this issue, but we are committed to doing even more to get the message across: Unauthorized file-sharing is illegal and could land you or your child in court,” said BPI Chmn. Peter Jamieson.