What Has The Free Speech Coalition Been Up To Lately

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Originally Posted by o'Jebaba

I support the FSC and proud to do so.

The goal has always been longterm: to win the war on censorship at the national level.

Over the past 6 years, I have known Bill Lyon, Kat Sunlove, Michelle Freridge and Diane Duke as EDs of the FSC. I can truthfully say that I feel there has been an improvement over time in the abilities of the ED to move the FSC forward.

I have known of and known the people behind FSC for the longest time, maybe 10 years or more. Bill Margold use to set up shop at every adult event selling t-shirts, pens, and just about anything else to raise funds. Back at that point, they were very focused on the issues of free speech and censorship.

But with their more recent moves to try to "get in front of issues" such as piracy, the current FSC crew has shown more interest in being a general industry group rather than focusing on the issues of speech and censorship. That the entire 2257 legal process was a dud (overtaken by events), and that the best judgement against 2257 came not from a FSC action but by a private action makes me wonder if the ship has lost it's rudder.

To this day, the FSC still doesn't appear to have it's membership processing on the ball, they don't appear to be responsive to member needs, and if this report is true, they don't seem to be very good at keeping track of the money either.

it's all about results. How long do we have to wait to see some?