Title: Public Knowledge

Source/Sponsoring Agency: Public Knowledge

URL: http://www.publicknowledge.org/

Date Checked: 9/7/2006      Status: Active

Date Annotated: 12/14/2004

Topics: Intellectual Property Law; Communications Law

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Contents: Public Knowledge (PK) is a group of lawyers, technologists, lobbyists, academics, volunteers and activists dedicated to fortifying and defending a vibrant information commons. PK’s website offers visitors a variety of blogs (“Copyright,” “DRM” (Digital Rights Management), and “Open Access”), a Press Room for the media, and a large, robust News section which offers related news feeds. The “Hot Issues” section covers topics such as “Network Neutrality” and "Orphan Works." These issues provide detailed overviews of the subjects in question, one or more resources for further analysis, and links to additional materials. They also offer information about pending court cases in which PK is involved, and information about pending legislation related to the topic. A nice feature of the PK site is that they offer nine different RSS-based syndication feeds, covering news, press releases, and content-specific feeds such as FCC and Copyright Office filings.

Author of Annotation: B. Kreisler