Tag: Civil liberties

You might have noticed the little Electronic Frontier Foundation and Open Rights Group banners that have been at the bottom right of this blog for years...why do I support them? Well for one, although I'm not in the States I support the EFF because currently they are fighting for you and I to be able to do video mashups and post them legally to sites like YouTube without getting those infantile (as Lessig pointed out in my last post they do treat you like you're in school, the Myspace 'copyright quiz' is even more offensive) DMCAs. Also I support them because they are fighting the likes of Apple and co. who are creating anti-competitive closed systems and thus being usually bad for the consumer (AppleVangelists and 'Geniuses' should read their rather damning revelation of the AppStore legals that Apple doesn't want you to see - All Your Appz Belong To Uzz indeed) and fighting DMCA and ACTA which is probably behind the evil Digital Economy Bill, and fighting for free speech and net neutrality online. Open Rights Group does a similar job but with a UK/European stance - there are things EFF can't/won't touch that are specifically UK (the aforementioned DEBill for example, ORG has been campaigning about that). It's a double handed attack, because what may go down in the US could pop up here, and vice versa. They also cover CCTV and ID card and other security worries where technology is possibly going to infringe on civil liberties and privacy - things that are more specific to the UK. Pirate Party is also getting bigger here in the UK, I'm a member there too, although not been as involved as I'd like. So whether you're a mashup DJ, video remixer, developer, interactive artist, musician, web designer or just concerned about security and the (mis)use of technology and laws around it, I strongly recommend punting some money and support over to EFF and ORG, amongst many others...because they really are fighting for the digital freedoms you currently enjoy. /soapbox out.

Tag: Civil liberties

Soapbox: why I support the EFF (and ORG)

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