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Telecom Community Gathers For Public Knowledge Awards

By Eliza Krigman
October 14, 2010 | 11:46 AM

Scads of technology and telecommunications professionals gathered on Capitol Hill Wednesday evening for the seventh annual Public Knowledge IP3 awards ceremony.

The IP3 awards recognize individuals who have advanced the public interest in information policy, Internet protocol and Internet Policy.

Pamela Samuelson, professor at UC Berkeley's Law School and School of Information, took home the Information Policy prize. "I can't even program my way out a paper bag," she joked to the crowd about her lack of technical expertise while thanking everyone for appreciating her work on the legal side of digital issues.

Renowned Cardozo law professor Susan Crawford received the honor for Internet Protocol. Crawford previously served in the White House as special assistant for Science, Technology and Innovation and was a member of President Obama's transition team evaluating the FCC.

Canadian professor Michael Geist and New York filmmaker Nina Paley were honored for their work in intellectual property. Geist is the foremost expert on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement and Paley fought, through the promotion of a film she created, not to let copyright laws impede original creation.

Guests enjoyed cocktails and appetizers and live entertainment by the Chris Grasso quartet.
Other tech and telecom luminaries spotted in the crowd include Free Press' Joel Kelsey, Consumer Electronics Association president Gary Shapiro, American University's Sean Flynn and a raft of Hill staffers.

Public Knowledge is a consumer advocacy group whose mission is to defend citizens' rights in the emerging digital culture.

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