SAN FRANCISCO - Technology and the laws that regulate it should support and empower young people. California’s AB 1709 - signed into law today by Gov. Gavin Newsom - falls far short of this goal, say the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and its allies. Using technology is how we learn and build...
EFF fighting hard to save face after siding with AI over copyright holders
What’s this with reference to?
https://mastodon.social/@eff/117215319335459732
Oof
yeah i emailed them after that, telling them it was bullshit
Well yeah but… Honestly that was deciding between if hitler or Stalin was worse…
What part of that surprised you?
EFF is a digital rights organization. Copyright was one of the earliest threats to digital rights that people were aware of. In the 2000s, it was generally thought of as the main threat, which is why at the time, political parties called “Pirate Parties” were formed around the world, which were all about digital rights.
So it’s completely expected that EFF would take sides against copyright holders. In fact I agree with them on that.