Public Knowledge

I stumbled across this website by chance yesterday and found it
interesting in a helmet sort of way. enjoy.

http://www.publicknowledge.org/

Mission Statement

Public Knowledge is a new public-interest advocacy organization
dedicated to fortifying and defending a vibrant information commons.
This Washington, D.C. based group works with wide spectrum of
stakeholders—libraries, educators, scientists, artists, musicians,
journalists, consumers, software programmers, civic groups and
enlightened businesses—to promote the core conviction that some
fundamental democratic principles and cultural values—openness, access,
and the capacity to create and compete—must be given new embodiment in
the digital age.

*Public Knowledge will seek to fulfill four broad goals:*

    * Ensuring that U.S. intellectual property law and policy reflect
      the "cultural bargain" intended by the framers of the
      constitution: providing an incentive to creators and innovators
      while benefiting the public through the free flow of information
      and ideas.

    * Preserving an Internet that is built upon open standards and
      protocols and "end-to-end" architecture, thereby fostering
      innovation and user control.

    * Protecting consumers of digital technology from market practices
      designed to erode competition, choice and fairness.

    * Ensuring that international intellectual property policies are
      adopted through democratic processes and with public interest
      participation.


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