Electronic Frontier Foundation

[Bob Jonkman]

There used to be a Canadian equivalent, "Electronic Frontier Canada", 
with UoW professor Jeffrey Shallit as vice-president.  I thought it was 
the Canadian branch of EFF, but having just had a look a their Web site 
I'm not so sure.  http://www.efc.ca/ was last updated in 2004.

--Bob.

On 12-01-21 04:37 PM, Darcy Casselman wrote:
> I'm a proud member of the EFF.  There isn't really a Canadian
> organization like it, and considering how much American tech policy
> affects Canadians (*cough* C-11 *cough*), I consider joining a
> US-based policy advocacy organization to be a good and worthwhile
> investment.
>
> Darcy.
>
> On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Chris<candive1 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Here are Details e mailed to me.edited for content.
>>
>> START Quote
>>
>> Electronic Frontier Foundation
>> Dear C,
>>
>> Thank you for urging your members of Congress to reject the Internet
>> Blacklist Legislation (PROTECT-IP in the Senate and SOPA in the
>> House). We've got big news. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has just
>> declared that he is postponing a vote on the Protect IP Act (PIPA)
>> scheduled for Tuesday. And in the House of Representatives, Rep. Lamar
>> Smith issued a statement conceding the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)
>> wasn't ready for prime time either.
>>
>> The blacklist bills are falling to pieces as we speak.
>>
>> And it's all thanks to you. Our members took part in one of the
>> largest online protests in history. Over 100,000 websites went black
>> as citizens sent millions of emails to Congress to show opposition to
>> the blacklist bills. The EFF action platform generated over 1 million
>> emails to Congress in a single day.
>>
>> Congress heard you. Our elected officials are learning that online
>> censorship regimes won't solve the "piracy" problem, and we're not
>> going to let up. When it comes to sacrificing our rights to publish
>> and access information online, there can be no compromise. "Piracy" is
>> a business problem that needs a business solution, not lopsided
>> legislation that favors big content industries over our Constitutional
>> rights.
>>
>> END Quote
>>
>> Wish I could take credit, all I did was sign some petitions and spread the word.
>> But Together We Can !
>>
>> Chris.
>>
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>>
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>>
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