EFF did come and speak to SacLUG way back in 2000 or 2001, I think, so they (at least at that time) seemed willing to travel.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Tony Cratz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cratz@hematite.com">cratz@hematite.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="im">On 12/01/2011 11:32 AM, Brian Lavender wrote:<br>
> I have listened to legal staff from EFF speak several times. They operate<br>
> on a minimal budget and do what they do because people believe in a free<br>
> society. If you go to law school today, you probably walk away with a hefty<br>
> financial burden on your shoulders. So, I give the EFF attorneys a lot<br>
> of credit. They have gone after DMCA[4] , illegal wiretaps [1], promoted<br>
> tools to protect privacy with Tor[2] and HTTPS everywhere[3]. When EFF<br>
> says SOPA is a bad law, I tend to believe them and their analysis. As<br>
> a computer entheusiast, I have to wonder who in this group can question<br>
> EFF with a straight face.<br>
><br>
> [1] <a href="https://www.eff.org/issues/nsa-spying" target="_blank">https://www.eff.org/issues/nsa-spying</a><br>
> [2] <a href="https://www.eff.org/torchallenge" target="_blank">https://www.eff.org/torchallenge</a><br>
> [3] <a href="https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere" target="_blank">https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere</a><br>
> [4] <a href="https://www.eff.org/press/archives/2010/07/26" target="_blank">https://www.eff.org/press/archives/2010/07/26</a><br>
><br>
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</div> I agree about EFF. In fact I think it would be great if we were<br>
to invite EFF to speak at LUGOD.<br>
<br>
And Cory Doctorow is also a good writer. If you have not<br>
downloaded his free E-book "Little Brother" which is under<br>
the CCL license you should. It is a good read.<br>
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Tony<br>
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