Surf these sites: EFFweb - The Electronic Frontier Foundation -- The Electronics Frontier Foundation was founded in response to "Operation Sundevil," a nationwide crackdown on hackers. Founded by Mitch Kapor, the author of Lotus 1-2-3, they seek to protect the rights of computer users in criminal proceedings. GNU Project and the Free Software Foundation (FSF) -- The organization which "started it all" in free or open source software. Home Recording Rights Coalition (HRRC) Home Page -- An organization defending your freedom to make home recordings of music and movies. Did you realize the government''s trying to take this away from you? Liber | Free the Books Campaign -- An organization protecting you from Big Government''s attempts to keep information away from you even longer after the author''s death. Musicians Against Copyrighting Of Samples -- MACOS is a non-profit organization constructing an international network of musicians whose opinions of sampling and the use of sampling technology oppose the copyrighting of samples. Studies Find Reward Often No Motivator -- The greatest reward musicians should have is their own music and nothing else. According to a study reported in the 19, January 1987 issue of the Boston Globe, Alfie Kohn reports on a psychological study that shows that creativity diminishes if it''s done for gain. The League for Programming Freedom -- Software patents and user interface copyrights harm programmers, and this organiation is dedicated to stopping it. Union for the Public Domain -- Non-profit citizens group, seeking to protect and enhance the public domain in matters concerning intellectual property.
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