On Sun, 7 Apr 2002, MJ Ray wrote:
At the moment, the only people concerned with it that I am aware of are AFFS http://www.affs.org.uk/ and CDR http://uk.eurorights.org/ -- CDR don't like patents on their issues list yet, and AFFS is still young (expect a call for
Background:
MJ Ray (the poster to whom I'm replying) is involved with the setup of AFFS as an organisation. CDR, which I myself am involved with, is a less formal organisation, which grew out of the "Free Dmitri Sklyarov" protests.
AFFS has patents on its list of major issues.
I don't know what "CDR don't like patents on their issues list yet" means. I suspect it's a typo where "like" should be "link". CDR certainly hasn't really dealt with patents, and concentrates on copyright and technological protection measures (DMCA, EUCD, etc).
members Real Soon Now). I don't think this counts as "very publicly" yet. The more people who get involved with these two groups, the sooner it will.
I'll say it again: we need a European campaigning organisation for the digital environment, covering the issues of freedom of speech, privacy, crypto policy, intellectual property and open architecture.
Mk