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When the employees and Steve Jackson have inspected the returned computers, they found out that all the mails on their computers have been accessed and deleted. Steve Jackson became furious that his rights as a publisher had been violated and the free speech and privacy rights of his users had been violated. He tried to approach civil liberties groups, but none of the civil liberties groups of those days understood technology and thus, were not able to understand the complexity of the issue.

This issue was highlighted in an electronic community called the Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link and [[John Perry Barlow]], [[Mitch Kapor]] and [[John Gilmore]] came together to form an organization to work on civil liberties issues raised by new technologies. The first case they took up was the Steve Jackson Games' case and brought a lawsuit on United States Secret Service.

This issue was highlighted in an electronic community called the Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link and [[John Perry Barlow]], [[Mitch Kapor]] and [[John Gilmore]] came together to form an organization to work on civil liberties issues raised by new technologies. The first case they took up was the Steve Jackson Games' case and brought a lawsuit on United States Secret Service.<ref>[https://www.eff.org/about/history History of EFF]</ref>

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 When the employees and Steve Jackson have inspected the returned computers, they found out that all the mails on their computers have been accessed and deleted. Steve Jackson became furious that his rights as a publisher had been violated and the free speech and privacy rights of his users had been violated. He tried to approach civil liberties groups, but none of the civil liberties groups of those days understood technology and thus, were not able to understand the complexity of the issue.
-This issue was highlighted in an electronic community called the Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link and [[John Perry Barlow]], [[Mitch Kapor]] and [[John Gilmore]] came together to form an organization to work on civil liberties issues raised by new technologies. The first case they took up was the Steve Jackson Games' case and brought a lawsuit on United States Secret Service.
+This issue was highlighted in an electronic community called the Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link and [[John Perry Barlow]], [[Mitch Kapor]] and [[John Gilmore]] came together to form an organization to work on civil liberties issues raised by new technologies. The first case they took up was the Steve Jackson Games' case and brought a lawsuit on United States Secret Service.<ref>[https://www.eff.org/about/history History of EFF]</ref>
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