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Article #366Re: EFF:Dead.
From: Stephen Boursy
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 00:00
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 00:00
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In article <310BE334.B5C@passport.ca>, Jason Smith <pax@passport.ca> wrote: > >The EFF raised money, lobbied, promoted, and worked damn hard. They >lost one. Fine. You've written one idealistic document and have no >financial evidence of any popular support, Bob. So, I'd suggest you >shut up about the EFF and get to work. The EFF sold out and has split and is now just a shell of its former self. They became dependent upon large corporations for their survival and became part of the DC establishment. Read the article on them in the Feb. issue of Wired Mag.--it covers the story very well. I've never cared much for the EFF even way back when they were in my hometown of Cambridge, Ma. They always represented the interests of the business owners (ISPs, etc.) first over the consumers of such. That's not consumer advocacy at all. Steve
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 11544f,ad7f1fca5ae3c06d X-Google-Attributes: gid11544f,public X-Google-Thread: 100ecf,ad7f1fca5ae3c06d X-Google-Attributes: gid100ecf,public X-Google-Thread: 114ca8,ad7f1fca5ae3c06d X-Google-Attributes: gid114ca8,public X-Google-Thread: 1042ac,ad7f1fca5ae3c06d X-Google-Attributes: gid1042ac,public X-Google-Thread: f94ac,56825be7e9596542 X-Google-Attributes: gidf94ac,public X-Google-Thread: 110a63,ad7f1fca5ae3c06d X-Google-Attributes: gid110a63,public X-Google-Thread: 1085e3,56825be7e9596542 X-Google-Attributes: gid1085e3,public X-Google-Thread: 1159e4,56825be7e9596542 X-Google-Attributes: gid1159e4,public From: boursy@world.std.com (Stephen Boursy) Subject: Re: EFF:Dead. Date: 1996/01/31 Message-ID: <DM16pw.6qG@world.std.com> X-Deja-AN: 137361518 references: <DLwB3G.D5n.0.sheppard@torfree.net> <310BE334.B5C@passport.ca> organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA newsgroups: alt.wired,alt.journalism,comp.org.eff.talk,soc.culture.usa,earth.general,news.admin.policy,alt.politics.greens,alt.politics.libertarian,alt.politics.usa.republican,alt.politics.usa.congress,alt.fan.newt-gingrich,ca.politics,talk.politics.misc,talk.politics.rep,can.politics,can.general,soc.culture.canada,alt.activism,alt.censorship,soc.culture.internet,soc.culture.usa,soc.culture.usenet,comp.sys.mac.comm,nyc.general,chi.general,la.general,tor.general,mtl.general