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Copyright issues to be included in school curriculum. (News).
The Government is preparing to underline the importance of copyright, possibly by including it as a subject within the National Curriculum.
The news was revealed at Midem by Bill Rammell, Parliamentary Private Secretary to Culture, Media and Sport Minister Tessa Jowell, in a speech that highlighted the importance of fighting piracy and protecting the interests of copyright owners.
"There are a lot of things we can do at a technical level, but the biggest challenge is to make people aware of the importance of copyright," he said. "It's got to be part of the school curriculum -- perhaps within the citizenship programme we're bringing forward."
Elsewhere within the speech, he highlighted the Government's continuing awareness of the importance of music. "The UK music industry is not just an economic ...