ORGANIZATION

Founded in July 1990 to defend free speech, privacy, innovation, and consumer rights in digital, on-line, and technology matters.

Official Website:
http://www.eff.org/

Founding Date:
10-Jul-1990

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John Perry Barlow	Activist	3-Oct-1947		Co-Founder, EFF
Cindy Cohn	Attorney	c. 1963		EFF lawyer
Cory Doctorow	Blogger	17-Jul-1971		Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
Esther Dyson	Business	14-Jul-1951		EDventure Holdings, former ICANN director
Ed Felten	Computer Programmer	25-Mar-1963		Broke SDMI
John Gilmore	Activist	Aug-1955		Cofounder: EFF, Cypherpunks
Rob Glaser	Business	16-Jan-1962		CEO of RealNetworks, 1994-2010
Mike Godwin	Attorney	26-Oct-1956		Former General Counsel, Wikimedia
Jennifer Granick	Attorney	1969		Cyber lawyer
Steve Jackson	Business	c. 1952		Game publisher raided by the Secret Service
Brewster Kahle	Business	22-Oct-1960		Founder of the Internet Archive
Mitch Kapor	Business	1-Nov-1950		Founder of Lotus, Co-founder EFF
Lawrence Lessig	Attorney	3-Jun-1961		Constitutional and internet law
Craig Neidorf	Journalist	1969		Former publisher, Phrack
Tim O'Reilly	Publisher	6-Jun-1954		Publisher, O'Reilly Media
Pamela Samuelson	Educator	c. 1949		Computer Law Professor at UC Berkeley
Clay Shirky	Author	1964		Cognitive Surplus
David Sobel	Attorney	?		EFF Senior Counsel
Bruce Sterling	Author	14-Apr-1954		Schismatrix
Brad Templeton	Computer Programmer	20-Apr-1960		Chairman, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Steve Wozniak	Computer Programmer	11-Aug-1950		Co-Founder of Apple Computer
Jonathan Zittrain	Educator	24-Dec-1969		The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It

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