I finally joined the Open Rights Organisation. It certainly wasn’t the chance of winning the book that they are currently offering up as a prize in their membership drive (though I’m sure it makes fascinating reading if you are into that sort of thing ). In the end it was the tireless efforts of Glyn Wintle that finally got me. He turns up to almost ever techie event going, and last night was at the WordCamp London drinks. We talked a bit about WordPress and a lot about everything else, especially rights issues. Glyn told us all about the BBC’s attempt to bully a lady who published a Dr. Who Knitting pattern. And Hansard’s failed attempt to leap down the throat of They Work For You. I think the Open Rights Group should give Glyn six signed copies of Ross Andersen’s Security Engineering Book, because Glyn’s anecdotes must have drawn at least half their members. Anyway they do good work in the name of freedom, so I am proud to finally have become a member.