http://www.eff.org/cafe/threesom2.html
What’s the EFF’s position on digital rights, copyright and so forth? (I’m trying to work out whether or not I should (can) support the EFF.) This page looked promising but it turns out to be real light on detail.
The first “Guiding Principle” is: “Creators should be paid for their work when appropriate. Copyright holders have the right (and responsibility) to make sure that their works are protected from piracy.” Huh? What does this mean? When is it appropriate for creators to be paid for their work? Why can’t you just tell me which currently illegal acts should be legal? Putting lyrics on-line? Books fifty years old? Books that sold less than five thousand copies? MP3s of concerts? MP3s of albums? Movies?