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open letter to the EFF
Nov. 28th, 2017 10:44 amI want to tell you why I've decided to stop donating to EFF for now: I see it doing too many wrong things. It does the right things too but too many wrong things have accumulated, and on the balance I don't think I can support it any more. Please change your policies and I'll support you again. Specifically, I have issues with the following:
"Patent trolls": I believe that your definition is completely wrong. Licensing of the patents is good in general, and also is the only way for the small inventors to make money from their inventions. It's the large corporations like Google and IBM that aim to PREVENT the others from using their inventions are the true patent trolls. On the other hand, I completely agree with your fight to invalidate the ridiculously obvious patents that should not have been granted in the first place, and to simplify the patent reviews.
"Net neutrality " is obviously a bad thing. I want the people who hog the traffic to pay extra rather than be subsidized by me. It wouldn't be an issue if the pay was per usage but in the world where it's easier to charge a flat rate than to count the traffic, there have got to be the other ways to even out the pay.
The association with Charles Manning is a very bad thing. Unlike Edward Snowden, he didn't disclose the conspiracies against the American people, all he did was disclose the valid secret information to the enemies, and deserved to rot in prison for life. No self-respecting organization would touch him with a 10-ft pole. Your celebration of the information thief Aaron Schwarz had been disturbing but now you've outdone yourselves.
In general, the association with the self-proclaimed "progressive" socialist organizations. Again, no self-respecting organization would touch them with a 10-ft pole.
And disrespect for President Trump. I can understand the criticism of his policies where you disagree with him but the personal attacks are disgusting.
"Patent trolls": I believe that your definition is completely wrong. Licensing of the patents is good in general, and also is the only way for the small inventors to make money from their inventions. It's the large corporations like Google and IBM that aim to PREVENT the others from using their inventions are the true patent trolls. On the other hand, I completely agree with your fight to invalidate the ridiculously obvious patents that should not have been granted in the first place, and to simplify the patent reviews.
"Net neutrality " is obviously a bad thing. I want the people who hog the traffic to pay extra rather than be subsidized by me. It wouldn't be an issue if the pay was per usage but in the world where it's easier to charge a flat rate than to count the traffic, there have got to be the other ways to even out the pay.
The association with Charles Manning is a very bad thing. Unlike Edward Snowden, he didn't disclose the conspiracies against the American people, all he did was disclose the valid secret information to the enemies, and deserved to rot in prison for life. No self-respecting organization would touch him with a 10-ft pole. Your celebration of the information thief Aaron Schwarz had been disturbing but now you've outdone yourselves.
In general, the association with the self-proclaimed "progressive" socialist organizations. Again, no self-respecting organization would touch them with a 10-ft pole.
And disrespect for President Trump. I can understand the criticism of his policies where you disagree with him but the personal attacks are disgusting.
