Carl Malamud
Carl Malamud (born July 2, 1959) is an American technologist, author, and public domain advocate, known for his foundation Public.Resource.Org. He founded the Internet Multicasting Service. During his time with this group, he was responsible for developing the first Internet radio station, for putting the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's EDGAR database on-line, and for creating the Internet 1996 World Exposition.
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Carl Malamud speaking at the UC Berkeley iSchool about "(Re-)defining the public domain", October 17, 2007. | |
Born | July 2, 1959 |
Known for | Public.Resource.Org |
Notable work | Exploring the Internet, A World's Fair |
Awards | 2009 EFF Pioneer Award |
Malamud is the author of eight books, including Exploring the Internet and A World's Fair. He was a visiting professor at the MIT Media Laboratory and is the former chairman of the Internet Software Consortium. He also is the co-founder of Invisible Worlds, was a fellow at the Center for American Progress, and was a board member of the non-profit Mozilla Foundation.