Reply To: Jonathan Coulton as part of the Humble Music Bundle?!
@BrettGlass Wow! Opinions definitely differ. If you don’t want to purchase from them, don’t. But please refrain from slandering them. I am not comfortable with your phrase “a request which they would *hopefully* honor.” You imply that the Humble folks are probably dishonest, but don’t actually claim it so you don’t need to give evidence. That seems like a low blow.
As an aside, I consider the EFF’s lawsuits to expose the FBI’s spying on citizens without warrants to be clearly in the public interest. I consider them defending college kids from abusive legal tactics by giant corporations to be in the public interest. Can you mention which reasonable pieces of legislation the EFF opposed that you supported? (I know you don’t boycott everyone that opposed SOPA/PIPA)
I am also curious how you reconcile boycotting Humble for their support of the EFF, but not boycotting JoCo and Frontalot and TMBG, who are also “funneling others’ money to it” – without them, this bundle wouldn’t exist, and the EFF wouldn’t be raking in the $$$.
(I suggest we move any further posts on the political aspect of the Humble Bundle [as opposed to thoughts on the actual material] to the political statements thread)