[Infowarrior] - No Craig Newmark Did Not Donate To EFF; He Helped Make CFAA Worse Instead

[Richard Forno]

No Craig Newmark Did Not Donate To EFF; He Helped Make CFAA Worse Instead

There's been a bunch of fuss online over the "news" that Craigslist is supposedly donating $1 million to EFF when the money is not actually from Craig. It's from a startup that Craigslist has sued out of business, under a dangerous interpretation of the CFAA that harms the open internet. Obviously, EFF getting an additional $1 million in resources is really great. But it's troubling to see so many people congratulate Craigslist and Craig Newmark for "supporting EFF." Craig himself has contributed to this misleading perception with this tweet implying he's giving his own money to EFF

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As part of the settlement, 3taps and its founder, Greg Kidd, have agreed to pay craigslist $1 million, all of which must then be paid by craigslist to the EFF, which supported 3taps' position on the CFAA in this litigation, and continues to do great work for Internet freedom generally.

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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150701/14150431519/no-craig-newmark-did-not-donate-to-eff-he-helped-make-cfaa-worse-instead.shtml

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