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Music, film and TV on the Internet - A guide for parents and teachers

Music, film and TV on the internet –  A guide for parents and teachers 2011

 

The Australian version of the major consumer education campaign by the non-profit organisation Childnet International was released in March 2011, supported by a partnership between the music, film, and TV industries. The campaign started in the UK at the end of last year and has been rolled out in multiple countries and languages throughout the world.

Music, Film, TV and the Internet – a guide for parents and teachers provides straightforward, practical and jargon-free advice to parents and teachers on how children can enjoy and access entertainment safely and legally on the internet. The guide is available for viewing and downloading here.

The guide has been produced by Childnet International and is supported by Pro-music, the international information campaign launched in 2004 under the umbrella of major and independent record companies, publishers, performers and musicians.   In Australia, the guide is supported through MIPI and the Intellectual Property Awareness Trust.

Sabiene Heindl, the General Manager of MIPI, described the guide as an important tool for parents, teachers and young people to be informed on how to stay safe and legal when enjoying entertainment online. “The guide highlights the fact that unwelcome content such as pornographic or violent images are accessible to children through P2P programs and that file-sharing software opens “doors” into the family computer which can compromise privacy and security,” said Ms Heindl.  “There are now more than 20 services in Australia offering legal music that support artists and songwriters”, she continued. 

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