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IP: CNET coverage of EFF radio spot
From: David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 08:22:03 -0400
For full article on domestic encryption control: http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,12317,00.html?cnet.tkr Article coverage of EFF: Opponents of McCain-Kerrey are already taking unprecedented steps to state their case. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, an online rights organization, has gone beyond its usual Net-based advocacy to create a 60-second radio spot. The commercial urges listeners to contact McCain and complain about the bill. "We feel that if this bill passes it will have an extreme impact to privacy for the American public in the next 100 years, and the majority of people walking down the street will never know what even happened," EFF executive director Lori Fena told CNET's NEWS.COM. "We're preaching to the choir already on the Net; it's more effective to reach people in their cars." The radio ad is airing this week during rush-hour drive times in San Francisco, New York, and Washington, D.C. The organization will gauge the volume of response to the ad before buying more air time, but Fena is encouraged by the response so far. The nonprofit group has spent "in the low thousands of dollars" on the advertisements, Fena added. Laura Pirri Membership Director, Electronic Frontier Foundation "Protecting Rights and Promoting Responsibility in the Electronic Frontier" 415.436.9333 lpirri () eff org 415.436.9993 fax For information about: - Individual or corporate membership, stock fund: http://www.eff.org/give - EFFector Online, EFF's Electronic Newsletter: http://www.eff.org/EFFector - eTRUST Privacy Program: http://www.eTRUST.org - Blue Ribbon Campaign for Free Speech http://www.eff.org/br - Encryption Policy Resource Page http://www.crypto.com
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