David Bollier has spent much of the past ten years studying the commons as a new paradigm for economics, politics and culture. He has pursued this work as an editor of
Onthecommons.org, and as an author, activist and speaker. Bollier's most recent books include
Silent Theft: The Private Plunder of Our Commons Wealth (2002);
Brand Name Bullies: The Quest to Own and Control Culture (2005); and
Viral Spiral: How the Commoners Built a Digital Republic of Their Own (2009). He has worked with American television writer/producer Norman Lear on a variety of political and public affairs projects since 1984. He is also Senior Fellow at the Norman Lear Center at the USC Annenberg School for Communication, and co-founder of
Public Knowledge, a Washington policy advocacy organization that defends the public's state in copyright and digital technologies.
