History
Founded in 1990 after E911 documents were illegally copied from BellSouth. The Secret Service executed a warrant against Steve Jackson Games in Texas, which was innocent.
Mission
Their stated mission is that they are a group of passionate people working to protect everyone's digital rights.
Comparison to ACLU
Crypto Export
- encryption was on the goverment's munitions list, and therefore export was prohibited
- Bernstein v. U.S. Dept. of Justice
- court ruled that software was free speech and export rules were changed
Issues the EFF deals with
- Anonymity
- Broadcast Flag
- CAPPS
- DRM
- PATRIOT Act
Board Members
- Brad Templeton
- John Perry Barlow
- John Gilmore
- David Farber
- Lawrence Lessig
- Pamela Samuelson
- Brewster Kahle
- Brad Templeton-USENET pioneer, softare, looking glass, microcomputer apps
- John Perry Barlow-grateful dead lyricist, coined "cyberspace", influential in law and business
- John Gilmore-SUN employee #5, airline button, .alt founder
- David Farber-FCC chief tech, wharton, 25 most powerful in networking
- Lawrence Lessig-stanford law prof, former clerk for Scalia
- Pamela Samuelson-berkeley law prof, ACM fellow
- Brewster Kahle-internet archive