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EFF has more nuanced & complex counterpoints about how the future of tech is in juxtaposition with the intent of our patent orgins…
If nobody from EFF has time to submit an article by June please refer back to this older version of a EFF opinion:
Eff.org/alice
Ps This is Lisa Luther (L15A = LISA) from CRASHspace re:
https://blog.crashspace.org/events/intellectual-property-topics/
I am the main EFA liaison.
https://blog.crashspace.org/efa/
Feel free to reach out to me if you want back ground info about EFF.
Also happy to pass on contact info @ eff.org (offline of a public post) f you’d like to reach out directly to them.
💚
Lisa