Cory Doctorow hits all the right notes with his scathing critique of the Boy Scouts' latest move — the creation of a merit badge for "respecting copyright." You guessed it, the MPAA is behind this.

(UPDATE: Wow, I didn't know this, but apparently Penn and Teller did a whole episode of their Bullshit! TV program on how the Scouts have effectively been turned into an arm of the Mormon church over the past few decades. I'm gonna have to watch this. The story is well-known to many who have been involved in Scouting during the time period, but it's a story the mainstream media won't touch with a ten foot pole. UPDATE 2: Turns out it's not a merit badge in the original story; it's an activity badge. The distinction is important, but I shan't bore non-Scouters with the details.)