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From: mnemonic@eff.org (Mike Godwin)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: EFF & CPSR
Message-ID: <1991Mar31.205105.29150@eff.org>
Date: 31 Mar 91 20:51:05 GMT
References: <1991Mar27.193824.29232@spool.cs.wisc.edu> <8243@crash.cts.com> <1991Mar29.080758.14069@vpnet.chi.il.us>
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In article <1991Mar29.080758.14069@vpnet.chi.il.us> louisg@vpnet.chi.il.us (Louis Giliberto) writes:

>Most people still don't agree about
>whether what Morris did was right or wrong.  The courts think it was wrong.
>The EFF is not concerned with the social responsibility of the act -- they
>are concerned with how the frontier is represented in light of such acts.

I'd like to think that we are concerned with both. You are correct, however,
to note that EFF is deeply concerned with how the prosecution of computer
crimes shapes the social awareness of computers and computer use.

>At any rate, I haven't heard any EFF guys say anything about this.  Mr.
>Godwin?  Any comments?  Or should I send a letter to Mr. Kapor suggesting
>this?  

We're in the process of developing our plan for EFF membership. Until
now, we have relied primarily on ad-hoc organization by people in areas
that need specific problems addressed. I think I can safely say that we're
interested in any proposals to start EFF chapters--good ideas come
from everybody.

When we receive our federal tax-exempt status, we will be able to 
move on the membership issue.



--Mike




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