Where is the British EFF? Just Around the Corner!

Drachan writes "A seminar at the UK's (BBC sponsored) technology conference 'Open Tech 2005' (organised by the fantastic 'Need To Know' (NTK) team as a follow on to last year's "Notcon 2004"event) posed the question 'Where is the British EFF?' The answer, as prompted by those attending the seminar was, of course 'Nowhere! so... uhh.. well... why don't We create it?' A PledgeBank page was set up within a few hours (available here) which states that the pledging person will donate £5 (GBP) per month to the support of a British EFF-style organisation provided that 1000 others also agree to do so. There is considerably more information at Danny O'Brien's Oblomovoka. Maybe this is a step in the right direction, after all the controversy over ID cards, the Anti-Terrorism Bill and general UK political disaster?"

Comments

Re:Fighting for Bloggers' Rights

[murky_lurker]

Some of this info is fascinating :)

From the EFF Bloggers' FAQ on Online Defamation Law:
Not-libelous:
* Calling a political foe a "thief" and "liar" in chance encounter (because hyperbole in context)
* Calling a TV show participant a "local loser," "chicken butt" and "big skank"
* Calling someone a "bitch" or a "son of a bitch"
* Changing product code name from "Carl Sagan" to "Butt Head Astronomer"

Re:Political disaster?

[BenjyD]

The post was probably written by an English person: we tend (outwardly at least) to take a very pessimistic "the sky is falling" outlook on things. Hence the nickname "Whinging Poms", I guess.

That said, I didn't vote for the current poor excuse of a government :-)

When the UK web site goes down...

[Spacejock]

We can all yell 'EFF off!'

Re:Political disaster?

[Shaper_pmp]

ObPratchett:

Vimes: "How is his lordship?"
Littlebottom: "Stable"
Vimes: "Dead is stable."

And always remember:

Stable != Ethical
Stable != Honest
Stable != Trustworthy ;-)

Re:Political disaster?

[Anonymous Coward]

Why do people think that Slashdot is biased?

Because posts like yours get modded Troll.

Re:It's a disaster because there is no opposition

[MichaelSmith]

Conservatives want execution without trial.

Sounds like they got it.

Re:What's the big deal with ID cards?

[nairobiny]

My point is the card costs money but nobody has yet adequately explained what problem it actually solves and how

Obvious really. The proposed ID card scheme is necessary to stop those currently committing the crime of not possessing an ID card.

Hey!

[Mike Savior]

Where's the ..Beff?

Wait a second.. that doesn't sound right..

Just around the corner...

[Junior J. Junior III]

and probably visible to some CCTV camera.

It's going to be an uphill battle for England.