Carl Malamud was born on July 2,1959 and is an American technologist, author, and public domain advocate, known for his foundation Public.
16 Facts About Carl Malamud
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Carl Malamud was a visiting professor at the MIT Media Laboratory and is the former chairman of the Internet Software Consortium.
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Carl Malamud 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.
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Carl Malamud has been active in challenging the state of California's copyright claims on state laws by publishing copies of the criminal, building, and plumbing codes online.
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Carl Malamud has challenged the information management policy of Smithsonian Networks, convinced C-SPAN to liberalize its video archive access policy, and begun publishing court decisions.
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Carl Malamud is leading an effort, under the banner of Law.
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In September 2015, Carl Malamud published a petition to the Government of the United Kingdom, calling for it to make the safety standards published by the European Union for toy safety freely available, rather than allowing them to continue being only available at high cost and subject to restrictive terms of use.
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In 2008, Carl Malamud contended that the federal court archive Public Access to Electronic Court Records, which was charging 8 cents per page, should instead be providing the information for free, because government documents are not protected by copyright.
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At a 2013 memorial for Swartz, Carl Malamud recalled their work with PACER.
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Carl Malamud penned a more detailed account of his collaboration with Swartz on the Pacer project in an essay.
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Carl Malamud initiated the copyright challenge by purchasing the official printed works for more than $1200, digitally scanning the contents, and mailing the digital copies on USB flash memory drives to every Georgia legislator.
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In 2019 Carl Malamud expressed a wish for the matter to advance to the Supreme Court for clarification, despite the appellate court ruling in his favor.
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Carl Malamud is currently involved in several lawsuits through his organization Public.
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In 2009 Carl Malamud announced his candidacy to become Public Printer of the United States and asked for the public to endorse him for the position.
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In 2009 Carl Malamud received the EFF Pioneer Award from the Electronic Frontier Foundation for being a public domain advocate.
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Carl Malamud authored eight books as of 2009, including Exploring the Internet and A World's Fair.