Electronic Frontier Foundation

[Darcy Casselman]

There are a few very worthwhile Canadian organizations which cover
policy areas similar to the EFF:

CIPPIC: http://cippic.ca/
Open Media: http://openmedia.ca/

I've happily donated to both in the past.

The EFF, I think, is a bit broader in terms of its approach to the
Internet and human rights online, and it takes a more active role in
key US court cases relating to technology.

Darcy.

On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com> wrote:
> 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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>>> Safeguard  those less fortunate.
>>>
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>>>
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>>
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