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Hi, everyone. My name is Anjali Bhat and I’m a summer intern at Public Knowledge. Unlike Chris and Mart, I have never worked here before, so this is a first-time introduction.read more

The faux populist group Americans For Prosperity has been running ads against network neutrality in Mike Doyle’s (D-PA) district in Pittsburgh. Doyle’s response? A letter to FCC Chairman Genachowski telling him to ignore faux populist FUD from AFP, hold firm, and move full speed ahead to protect consumers while Congress takes up the work of updating the Communications Act for a more comprehensive approach.read more

The faux populist group Americans For Prosperity has been running ads against network neutrality in Mike Doyle’s (D-PA) district in Pittsburgh. Doyle’s response? A letter to FCC Chairman Genachowski telling him to ignore faux populist FUD from AFP, hold firm, and move full speed ahead to protect consumers while Congress takes up the work of updating the Communications Act for a more comprehensive approach.read more

Hello!  I’m Chris Reilly, and I am a summer intern and Google Policy Fellow here at Public Knowledge.  I am returning to PK after helping with its first World’s Fair Use Day this past January.  I am a rising second year student at the University of Virginia School of Law.  At UVA, I am the incoming President of the Virginia Society of Law and Technology and an Articles Editor of the Virginia Journal of Law and Technology.  A fascination with the challenging issues at the intersection of law and technology is what drove me to law school, so I am very excited to be working on these issues at PK this summer. read more

Hello!  I’m Chris Reilly, and I am a summer intern and Google Policy Fellow here at Public Knowledge.  I am returning to PK after helping with its first World’s Fair Use Day this past January.  I am a rising second year student at the University of Virginia School of Law.  At UVA, I am the incoming President of the Virginia Society of Law and Technology and an Articles Editor of the Virginia Journal of Law and Technology.  A fascination with the challenging issues at the intersection of law and technology is what drove me to law school, so I am very excited to be working on these issues at PK this summer. read more

We live in a golden age of Pop Technology.  Pop Technology is a lot like pop culture, or pop music, except that instead of having a fascination for an object (pet rock), a fashion trend (shoulder pads for women) or a singer (Lady Gaga), the immediate objects of public fascination are standalone Web programs or apps for a device, like an iPhone or an Android.Pop Technology is hip and cool, and may last only for a little while.  It’s Blippy or Swipely or Billshrink.  Some PopTech may catch fire or disappear into a crowded app-scape.  My Space was the standard-bearer of social networking until it wasn’t.   More important, however, is the environment which nurtured the development of all the cool stuff. The crucial question whether those forces will be able to survive or whether they will be beaten into submission.read more

We live in a golden age of Pop Technology.  Pop Technology is a lot like pop culture, or pop music, except that instead of having a fascination for an object (pet rock), a fashion trend (shoulder pads for women) or a singer (Lady Gaga), the immediate objects of public fascination are standalone Web programs or apps for a device, like an iPhone or an Android.Pop Technology is hip and cool, and may last only for a little while.  It’s Blippy or Swipely or Billshrink.  Some PopTech may catch fire or disappear into a crowded app-scape.  My Space was the standard-bearer of social networking until it wasn’t.   More important, however, is the environment which nurtured the development of all the cool stuff. The crucial question whether those forces will be able to survive or whether they will be beaten into submission.read more

Hello, I’m Mart Kuhn and though I’ve been here at Public Knowledge for a while, we haven’t been properly introduced yet. I just wrapped up my second year at the George Washington University Law School, and I’m happy to be back at PK full-time for the summer after interning a few days a week this past spring. Hopefully things will be a bit less hectic now that I don’t have a full courseload of other work competing for my attention. (Though judging by the week that just zoomed by, it may if anything be even more hectic.)read more

Hello, I’m Mart Kuhn and though I’ve been here at Public Knowledge for a while, we haven’t been properly introduced yet. I just wrapped up my second year at the George Washington University Law School, and I’m happy to be back at PK full-time for the summer after interning a few days a week this past spring. Hopefully things will be a bit less hectic now that I don’t have a full courseload of other work competing for my attention. (Though judging by the week that just zoomed by, it may if anything be even more hectic.)read more

Hello, all!  My name is Jodie Graham and I’m one of the legal interns who have recently descended upon the Public Knowledge office.  I am going into my third year at the George Washington University Law School here in DC, where public interest law and intellectual property have both grabbed my attention.  I used to work in music, doing everything from performance to writing to recording engineering to club concert production to musicology research, which I think is actually a pretty routine amalgam of jobs for the music business.  A serendipitous undergrad copyright law class lured me away into the legal world.read more

Hello, all!  My name is Jodie Graham and I’m one of the legal interns who have recently descended upon the Public Knowledge office.  I am going into my third year at the George Washington University Law School here in DC, where public interest law and intellectual property have both grabbed my attention.  I used to work in music, doing everything from performance to writing to recording engineering to club concert production to musicology research, which I think is actually a pretty routine amalgam of jobs for the music business.  A serendipitous undergrad copyright law class lured me away into the legal world.read more

For Immediate Release:  May 26, 2010 Government agencies involved in trade negotiations should open their private-sector advisory committees to include public representatives, Public Knowledge (PK) said May 25 in a filing with the U.S. Trade Representative and the Department of Commerce.A copy of the filing is here.read more

For Immediate Release:  May 26, 2010 Government agencies involved in trade negotiations should open their private-sector advisory committees to include public representatives, Public Knowledge (PK) said May 25 in a filing with the U.S. Trade Representative and the Department of Commerce.A copy of the filing is here.read more