EPIC seeks to intervene in Books settlement, says privacy policies are no solution

What qualifies EPIC to "represent the public's interests"?: "the Electronic Privacy Information Center ... is actually seeking to intervene in the case since, it says, none of the parties are representing the public?s interests"

Who the hell is EPIC? In order to be able "to represent the public's interest" the organization has to in fact be fairly representative. Harry, Fred and Joe can't cook up a name for their little clan and then claim it "represents the public's interests". It seems that if EPIC is large enough and broad enough to do so, its name should be fairly well known, at least to members of the public who regularly follow tech matters.

If anyone wants to have "the public's interests" represented, why don't they invite a couple of federal agencies to get involved, such as the Department of Justice? I remember reading somewhere that there is a guy titled United States Attorney General and something about he's supposed to represent the public's interests if federal laws are involved. Seems like it might be worth getting him involved, since copyright law is exclusively federal.; Posted by: Rick_R Posted on: 09/05/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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