I've been pretty consistently disappointed with how EFF has been portraying this bill The ACLU has had a much more measured response Say what? http://www.acl

I've been pretty consistently disappointed with how EFF has been portraying this bill The ACLU has had a much more measured response Say what? http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security-technology-and-liberty/kicking-stop-cyber-spying-week http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security-technology-and-li... Sounds to me like they're singing from the same hymnal (and the ACLU page specifically says that they're joining the EFF, among others, in opposing CISPA). It's another thing entirely to attempt to twist every meaningless, do-nothing piece of legislation to come out of Washington as an attempt to rewire the Internet in favor of the MPAA, which is exactly what the EFF appears to be doing here. Say what? The linked page specifically acknowledges a proposed amendment to remove "intellectual property" from the relevant spot in the text -- while reminding us that said amendment has not yet been voted on. If CISPA were to pass with that phrase "intellectual property" intact, of course content owners would do their best to use it for their purposes. How far they might get, I don't know, but I think we can all agree that the amendment, once accepted, will be a valuable clarification. Basically your argument seems to be that CISPA isn't a big deal because it's not much worse than ECPA. This is an important point, I agree. But if the goal is to improve online privacy generally, it seems to me that further steps in the wrong direction need to be opposed successfully before there can be any hope of positive movement. If the arguments against CISPA are ultimately arguments for revising ECPA and PATRIOT, those arguments need to gain currency. People need to be sensitized to them and to think about them. That's going to take time and many battles. You seem to think we should skip this battle and save our powder. I am more inclined to the view that even if this is not the most important battle, every victory helps and this is not the time to concede anything.