Um, no. Doing well in the market requires you to do better than everyone else. Updating on market behavior gives you literally zero relative advantage.
You are confusing two separate goals. One of which is making a profit from being in the market. The other goal is using the market as an information source about what is or is not likely to be an economically viable course of action. If it helps, use a prediction market as the example.
The EFF has stopped accepting Bitcoins primarily out of concern with the possible legal issues. I presume that the EFF has a better understanding of any possible legal risks than organizations like the SIAI. It seems that the SIAI should probably at least for now put a hold on accepting bitcoin donations until these issues are resolved.