Its mission is to protect against abuses of civil liberties in the digital arena. To protect against govt malfeasance. To protect and aid people who are being abused by willful ignorance of the law and miscarriages of justice and to inform the public about these wrongs.
Btw, I think we can all agree that it is failing in these goals. So now is probably not the best time to widen its umbrella.
I fail to see how the legal use of patent law is a miscarriage of justice. I don't disagree that the system is in need of reform, the EFF should be focused on its aims rather than trying to expand them.
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EFF Mission statement has disappeared from their site. They should have their non-profit documents available somewhere. Wikipedia restates it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Frontier_Foundation
Its mission is to protect against abuses of civil liberties in the digital arena. To protect against govt malfeasance. To protect and aid people who are being abused by willful ignorance of the law and miscarriages of justice and to inform the public about these wrongs.
Btw, I think we can all agree that it is failing in these goals. So now is probably not the best time to widen its umbrella.
I fail to see how the legal use of patent law is a miscarriage of justice. I don't disagree that the system is in need of reform, the EFF should be focused on its aims rather than trying to expand them.