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 david bollier activist , writer , and policy strategist
david bollier

david bollier is an american activist , writer , and policy strategist .
he is co-founder of the commons strategies group , senior fellow at the norman lear center at the usc annenberg school for communication , and writes technology-related reports for the aspen institute .
bollier collaborated with television writer/producer norman lear on a variety of non-television , public affairs projects from 1985 to 2010 .
bollier was founding editor of on the commons -lrb- 2003-2010 -rrb- , and now blogs at his own website , bollier.org .
bollier calls his work `` focused on reclaiming the commons , understanding how digital technologies are changing democratic culture , fighting the excesses of intellectual property law , fortifying consumer rights and promoting citizen action . ''
bollier co-founded the public interest group public knowledge in 2002 and served as a board member until 2010 .
he was awarded the 2012 bosch berlin prize in public policy at the american academy in berlin .
