Who We Are
Public Knowledge is a Washington, D.C.-based public interest group working to defend citizens’ rights in the emerging digital culture. Are you interested in joining us? Find out about volunteering for PK, doing an internship, or working for us.
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What We Do
Our first priority is promote innovation and the rights of consumers, while working to stop any bad legislation from passing that would slow technology innovation, shrink the public domain, or prevent fair use. However, we do much more than this — read about our core work.
Why it Matters
Technology is rapidly becoming a part of everything we do, and issues relating to technology policy and intellectual property impact a wide variety of issues.
The Big Picture
Why these issues will matter to future generations.Everyday Threats
Think these issues don’t relate to you? A list of possible ways these issues could affect your daily life.True Stories
Real-life stories about people’s experiences with intellectual property.Some History
These issues aren’t new. Learn from history — those that can’t copy their past are doomed to forget it.
How You Can Help
Please join our group of thriving volunteers working to assure the future remains open, and that democratic principles and cultural values — openness, access and the capacity to create and compete — are given new embodiment in the digital age.
