Open Rights Group

[Marius]

The Open Rights Group (ORG) is a UK-based organisation that works to preserve digital rights and freedoms by campaigning on digital rights issues, acting as a media clearinghouse service putting journalists in touch with experts, and by fostering a community of grassroots activists. It campaigns against digital rights management (DRM), the extension of the term of copyright protection afforded to sound recordings, e-voting, and numerous other issues.

Goals

• To raise awareness in the media of digital rights abuses.
• To provide a media clearinghouse, connecting journalists with experts and activists.
• To preserve and extend traditional civil liberties in the digital world.
• To collaborate with other digital rights and related organisations.
• To nurture a community of campaigning volunteers, from grassroots activists to technical and legal experts.