Human Rights

Some of you may be familiar with plightof the Romeike Family.  They are a German family who recently were granted Asylum in the US because of persecution in their home country.  What was the cause for which they were persecuted?  They sought to homeschool their children.
There's a lot more to be said on this, but ponder this:  How can a government force a family to send their children to government schooling in the 21st century?  The Universal Declaration of Human Rights clearly indicates that parents have a right to opt out of this?
I don't think you have to be a die-hard defender of homeschooling to recognize that there is something very wrong when a government forces parents to send children to state school.  Hasn't Germany done this before?

There's a reason for that

Interesting article about the growing trend for musicians to "sell out" and pursue alternate revenue streams.
http://2010.newsweek.com/essay/the-end-of-selling-out.html#comments

It seems pretty obvious to me that (artistic issues aside) that one of the things driving recording artist to corporate deals is the loss of revenue due to illegal downloading of their primary product and revenue source. I actually find myself on the side of the artists in this one. Imagine having a significant portion of your income lost because people feel that it is acceptable for them to steal your product via illegal downloading.

Why do we act surprised by this?