DavidBollier

From Identity Mashup

David Bollier (www.bollier.org) is an author, activist and consultant with a varied public-interest portfolio. Much of Bollier’s recent work has focused on developing a new language of the commons, a project that began with his 2002 book, Silent Theft and now continues through his Web log and portal, www.OntheCommons.org, sponsored by the Tomales Bay Institute. Bollier is also co-founder and board member of Public Knowledge, a Washington policy advocacy organization that defends the public’s stake in intellectual property law. As part of this mission, Bollier recently published Brand-Name Bullies: The Quest to Own and Control Culture (John Wiley & Sons), a collection of stories about copyright and trademark abuses and their effects on creativity and public life. Bollier is Senior Fellow at the Norman Lear Center at the USC Annenberg Center for Communication, where, with Laurie Racine, he directs the Creativity, Commerce & Culture project. Since 1984, he has worked extensively with television writer/ producer Norman Lear on a variety of special projects and policy issues. Bollier is the author of eight books, and is a frequent speaker on matters of digital technology, the commons and intellectual property. He lives in Amherst, Massachusetts.