Public Knowledge

Summary

Public Knowledge is a nonprofit organization^[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of nonprofit_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Public Knowledge's field of work was communications law^[3].
• Public Knowledge's field of work was policy^[4].
• Public Knowledge's field of work was intellectual property^[5].
• Public Knowledge's field of work was technology policy^[6].
• Public Knowledge's field of work was copyright^[7].
• Public Knowledge's field of work was advocacy^[8].
• Public Knowledge was a member of Digital Right to Repair Coalition^[9].
• Public Knowledge was a member of Re:Create Coalition^[10].
• Public Knowledge was a member of Rebuild Local News^[11].
• Public Knowledge is located in Washington, D.C.^[12].
• Public Knowledge is in the country of United States^[13].
• Public Knowledge's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization^[14].
• Public Knowledge's founder is recorded as David Bollier^[15].
• Public Knowledge's founder is recorded as Gigi Sohn^[16].
• Public Knowledge's headquarters location is recorded as Washington, D.C.^[17].
• Public Knowledge's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 157311109^[18].
• Public Knowledge's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2004106853^[19].
• Public Knowledge's chairperson is recorded as Chris Lewis^[20].
• +2001-08-16T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Public Knowledge^[21].
• Public Knowledge's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02pgs8^[22].
• Public Knowledge's official website is recorded as http://publicknowledge.org^[23].
• Public Knowledge's director / manager is recorded as Brewster Kahle^[24].
• Public Knowledge's director / manager is recorded as Kevin Werbach^[25].
• Public Knowledge's director / manager is recorded as Michael Copps^[26].
• Public Knowledge's employees is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+21'}^[27].

Body

Founding

Founders include David Bollier^[15] and Gigi Sohn^[16]. +2001-08-16T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Public Knowledge^[21].

Leadership

Public Knowledge's chairperson is recorded as Chris Lewis^[20]. Board members include Moses Boyd^[28], a jazz musician^[29], b. 1991^[30], of United Kingdom^[31]; Michael Copps^[32], a historian^[33], b. 1940^[34], of United States^[35], awarded the Four Freedoms Award – Freedom of Speech^[36]; Brewster Kahle^[37], a digital librarian^[38], b. 1960^[39], of United States^[40], awarded the Internet Hall of Fame^[41], specialised in digital preservation^[42]; Kevin Werbach^[43], a university teacher^[44], specialised in entrepreneurship^[45]; Hal Abelson^[46], a mathematician^[47], b. 1947^[48], of United States^[49], awarded the IEEE Fellow^[50], specialised in informatics^[51]; and David Bollier^[52], a writer^[53], b. 1964^[54], of United States^[55], awarded the Berlin Prize^[56], specialised in commons^[57]. Directors / managers include Brewster Kahle^[24], Kevin Werbach^[25], and Michael Copps^[26].

Operations

Public Knowledge's headquarters location is recorded as Washington, D.C.^[17].

Industry

Fields of work include communications law^[3], an area of law^[58]; policy^[4]; intellectual property^[5], an asset type^[59]; technology policy^[6], a type of policy^[60]; copyright^[7], a legal term or legal concept^[61]; and advocacy^[8], an occupation^[62].

Why It Matters

Public Knowledge ranks in the top 8% of nonprofit_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21 views/month).^[2]