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EFF Pioneer Award |
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Thursday February 21, 2008
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I am truly stunned and incredibly honoured to have been named one of the recipients of the 2008 Electronic Frontier Foundation Pioneer Awards. As the release notes, "since 1991, the EFF Pioneer Awards have recognized individuals and organizations that have made significant and influential contributions to the development of computer-mediated communications and to the empowerment of individuals in using computers and the Internet." The list of past winners is remarkable - Tim Berners-Lee, Linus Torvalds, Jimmy Wales, Eben Moglen, Yochai Benkler, Vint Cerf, and many more. I'm amazed to be included in this group and delighted to be receiving the award with the Mozilla Foundation and Mitchell Baker as well as Mark Klein, a former AT&T technician who blew the whistle on the U.S. government's warrantless surveillance program. The awards will be presented at the Emerging Tech conference in San Diego early next month. Update: Many thanks for all the kind notes of congratulations as well as to the CBC and Toronto Star for their coverage. Comments (32)
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Congrats! Congratulations Michael! It is very well deserved. You're an inspiration to many. |
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Congratulations! Michael, this award is richly deserved. Congratulations, and thank you. |
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... Yes, you deserve it. You've raised a key issue for our country and society from relative obscurity to the mainstream. Well done :-) |
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Programmer I wrote to you once before a couple of years back, after I discovered you through a slashdot article. I said you were my new hero, and you have lived up to my hopes! Keep up the good work. |
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... WORD! Mr. Geist, if there is anybody who deserves this award, it's you. Late last year, when minister Prentice tried to slip some potentially ugly legislation past THE ENTIRE CANADIAN POPULATION, it was YOU who said "excuse me, just what the fuck are you doing". It was YOU who drew all this attention to what was previously overlooked. It was YOU who organized the Facebook group, it was YOU who wrote the 30 Days of DRM. Seriously. Can't think of a better person. Thanks for being the first person to notice the problem and draw attention to it. Big ups for that! WOOO! :) |
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... Michael, well done and well deserved. Hope to see you at mesh08. - Stuart ps: Apologies if this is a duplicate post - I got an error on submission the first time. |
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... Congratulations, Michael. You deserve it for helping us fight for fair rules in Canada. |
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... Sweet, congrats, you deserve it! Thanks for representing Canada in such a positive way! |
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Sapere aude! Congratulations! You are the pioneer of a new Age of Enlightenment. |
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... I had been thinking for the last few weeks that you deserved a nomination for some such award, so I am pleased to see that you have won just such a thing! As I have said before, you are the David Suzuki of Copyright. Thank you for your efforts and your integrity. |
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EFF beat me to it I was thinking of comming up with some kind of award myself, but I couldn't find the right card... Congratulations! |
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... I've recently finished listening to The Hacker Crackdown, as read by Cory Doctorow. From it I've come to understand the origins, appreciate the worth of, and support the work that the EFF does. I'm thrilled that they've recognized your contributions to, well, humanity. |
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Congratulations Congrats, you've done a great job and you are well deserving of it. :) |
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... Congratulations! With all of your insight, passion and skill, you have most certainly earned this honour. Under your leadership, Canadians have taken a stand on this issue, and we have developed an international reputation that we can be proud of. Meanwhile, our elected "leaders" have been cowering in the background. Thank you! |
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Congratulations Your dedication to this important public issue has benefited all Canadians so this recognition is a fitting endorsement of your work. I would like to add my personal thanks for your tireless effort to present a balanced view and leadership. |
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