[Free-sklyarov-uk] Corrupt CD's - Time for another protest/leafletingsession?

[Jason Clifford]

On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Anton Chterenlikht wrote:

> What exactly are the benefits of being a charity? Is it only a matter of
> taxes? If all we want (imagine) is a legal system for people to donate,
> maybe we can have a different status. I'm totally ignorant about this
> issue, but it seems very important.

Charities are more respected simply because they are charities. People 
will donate to a charity while they might not otherwise donate to a 
"cause" regardless of its worth.

As to the political lobbying it's worth bearing in mind that our lobbying 
tends to be lobbying of the public rather than direct politics however I 
accept that Julian's arguement is valid and simple ltd company status or 
similar is likely to be (marginally) less overhead.

Jason