[tor-relays] Request for help - Tor legal FAQ

[Marcia Hofmann]

On 4/6/11 7:54 PM, Thomas Lowenthal wrote:
>>
>>> I understand the focus on USA, but wouldn't this be a good opportunity
>>> to add legal information about other countries as well?
>>
>> It's fantastic idea, and we'd love to be able to do it. Unfortunately,
>> all of our practicing lawyers are licensed in the United States, and we
>> don't have the legal expertise to provide an FAQ like this on a
>> country-by-country basis. :(
>>
> 
> There are a lot of electronic freedom organizations in other countries, many
> of which have the legal resources to help with the FAQ. Might it be valuable
> to partner with some of those organizations, in creating a more
> international FAQ?

Ideally, those organizations should develop FAQs that are specific to
their own countries' laws. They are welcome to use our FAQ as a starting
point -- hopefully they'll even improve on what we've done -- and we'd
be happy to link to those FAQs.

EFF isn't in a good position to provide guidance about the legal
situations in other countries, though. Laws vary quite a bit from place
to place and can be very complex. We don't want to provide information
for others to rely on if we don't have expertise in the laws involved.

Best,

Marcia