David Bollier
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David Bollier is an American activist, writer, and policy strategist. He is co-founder of the Commons Strategy Group, Senior Fellow at the Norman Lear Center
at the USC Annenberg School for Communication
, and writes technology-related reports for the Aspen Institute
. Bollier collaborated with television writer/producer Norman Lear
on a variety of non-television, public affairs projects from 1985 to 2010.
Bollier was founding editor of On the Commons
, 2003-2010; he now blogs at Bollier.org.
Bollier calls his work “focused on reclaiming the commons, understanding how digital technologies are changing democratic culture, fighting the excesses of intellectual property law, fortifying consumer rights and promoting citizen action.”
Bollier co-founded the public interest group Public Knowledge
and served as a board member until 2010.
Norman Lear Center
Based at the USC Annenberg School for Communication, the Norman Lear Center is a multi-disciplinary research and public policy center exploring implications of the convergence of entertainment, commerce, and society...
at the USC Annenberg School for Communication
USC Annenberg School for Communication
The USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism comprises a School ofCommunication and a School of Journalism at the University of Southern California . It is led by Dean Ernest J. Wilson III, Ph.D....
, and writes technology-related reports for the Aspen Institute
Aspen Institute
The Aspen Institute is an international nonprofit organization founded in 1950 as the Aspen Institute of Humanistic Studies. The organization is dedicated to "fostering enlightened leadership, the appreciation of timeless ideas and values, and open-minded dialogue on contemporary issues." The...
. Bollier collaborated with television writer/producer Norman Lear
Norman Lear
Norman Milton Lear is an American television writer and producer who produced such 1970s sitcoms as All in the Family, Sanford and Son, One Day at a Time, The Jeffersons, Good Times and Maude...
on a variety of non-television, public affairs projects from 1985 to 2010.
Bollier was founding editor of On the Commons
On the Commons
On the Commons is a network of citizens and organizations, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the United States, working to highlight the importance of the commons in the modern world....
, 2003-2010; he now blogs at Bollier.org.
Bollier calls his work “focused on reclaiming the commons, understanding how digital technologies are changing democratic culture, fighting the excesses of intellectual property law, fortifying consumer rights and promoting citizen action.”
Bollier co-founded the public interest group Public Knowledge
Public Knowledge
Public Knowledge is a non-profit Washington, D.C.-based public interest group that is involved in intellectual property law, competition, and choice in the digital marketplace, and an open standards/end-to-end internet....
and served as a board member until 2010.
Books by David Bollier
- Viral Spiral: How the Commoners Built a Digital Republic of Their Own (New PressThe New PressThe New Press is a not-for-profit, United States-based publishing house that operates in the public interest. It was established in 1990 as an alternative to large commercial publishers, and is supported financially by various foundations, groups and corporations including the Ford Foundation, the...
, 2009) http://www.viralspiral.cc - Ready to Share: Fashion and the Ownership of Creativity (Lear Center Press, 2006)http://www.learcenter.org/html/projects/?cm=ccc/fashion
- Brand Name Bullies: The Quest to Own and Control Culture (John Wiley & SonsJohn Wiley & SonsJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc., also referred to as Wiley, is a global publishing company that specializes in academic publishing and markets its products to professionals and consumers, students and instructors in higher education, and researchers and practitioners in scientific, technical, medical, and...
, 2005) http://www.brandnamebullies.com - Sophisticated Sabotage: The Intellectual Games Used to Subvert Responsible Regulation (with Thomas McGarity and Sidney Shapiro; Environmental Law InstituteEnvironmental Law InstituteThe Environmental Law Institute is a non-profit, non-advocacy environmental group, which specializes in producing publications and research that target legal practitioners, business leaders, land managers, land use planners, environmentalists, journalists, and lawmakers...
, 2004) - Artists, Technology and the Ownership of Creative Content (Norman Lear Center, 2003)http://www.booksite.com/texis/scripts/oop/click_ord/showdetail.html?sid=1821&isbn=0971401829&music=&buyable=1&assoc_id=
- Silent Theft: The Private Plunder of Our Common Wealth (RoutledgeRoutledgeRoutledge is a British publishing house which has operated under a succession of company names and latterly as an academic imprint. Its origins may be traced back to the 19th-century London bookseller George Routledge...
, 2002) http://www.silenttheft.com