[ale] OT Electronic Frontiers Georgia

[Jay Lozier]

Hi Scott,

I am interested but can not make the meeting on Monday.

Jay

On 02/11/2017 10:53 AM, Scott M. Jones wrote:
> There has been discussion around reviving Electronic Frontiers Georgia
> given recent political changes.  Electronic Frontiers Georgia (EFGA) was
> a local cyber-liberties activist group that was active from 1995 through
> about 2007.
>
> I'm currently canvassing to see if anyone would like to get involved.  I
> am advocating one educational talk plus one "coffee shop" activist
> meeting per month.  The educational talks are important as they help to
> drive engagement.  I'd like to do topics that are curiously similar to
> what I am now doing at DragonCon Electronic Frontiers Forums
> (eff.dragoncon.org), with just one educational talk per month.
>
> We are doing a kickoff event along with Georgia Tech this Monday.  The
> time is designed for students (to attract student involvement) and will
> not be very convenient for working professionals, but we hope to have
> more events in the evening soon that will be easier for working
> professionals.
>
> In the past, EFGA's accomplishments were:
>
> - Sued the state along with ACLU-GA to enjoin (stop) a law that could
> have made it illegal to use pseudonyms on the Internet.  We were successful.
>
> - Advocated against using the "Utah model" of electronic commerce (which
> requires a state-managed certificate authority) and advocated FOR a
> market-based, market-driven approach.  We were successful.
>
> - Testified in state committee meetings to stop the "State DMCA" laws
> which were copyright/technology control laws being pushed by the cable
> and content industries with excessive, unreasonable penalties.  The
> cable and content industries had attempted a state-by-state approach
> when they could not get federal legislation passed.  We were successful
> in stopping this.
>
> - Attempted to stop state-level copyright legislation that makes it
> illegal to record movies using handheld devices in a theater.  We missed
> the committee meetings and were unsuccessful in stopping this.
>
> Our first kickoff event will be this Monday on the Georgia Tech campus
> at 4:30pm.  "Cyber Civil Liberties and the New Administration featuring
> Hon. Bob Barr", DM Smith Building Room 105.  Event is free but parking
> is not.
>
> https://www.meetup.com/Electronic-Frontiers-Georgia-EFGA/events/237557979/
>
> Thanks,
> Scott
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