Marvin Ammori
Marvin Ammori | |
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| Born | Southfield, Michigan |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan (B.A.) Harvard Law School (J.D.) |
| Known for | legal and technology expert |
| Board member of | Fight for the Future Demand Progress Engine Advocacy |
| Website | ammori |
Marvin Ammori is an American lawyer, activist, and scholar best known for his work on network neutrality and Internet freedom issues generally. He is a Future Tense Fellow (formerly a Bernard L. Schwartz Fellow) at the New America Foundation and serves on the boards of public interest advocacy groups Demand Progress and Fight for the Future.[1] [2] In 2007, while serving as the General Counsel for nonprofit advocacy group Free Press, he brought the Comcast-BitTorrent case, the first network neutrality enforcement action in the United States.[3] Ammori took part in the debate over the controversial copyright bills SOPA and the PROTECT IP Act, arguing that the bills would violate the First Amendment.[4] Partly for his role in opposing SOPA and PIPA, Ammori was recognized on Fast Company's 2012 "100 Most Creative People in Business."[5] Ammori later proposed a holiday called "Internet Freedom Day," to be celebrated on January 18, the anniversary of the SOPA Blackout.[6][7]
Ammori was a law professor at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Law, where his scholarship focused on First Amendment doctrine.[8] He remains an Affiliate Scholar with Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society and an Affiliate Fellow of the Yale Law School Information Society Project.[9] Ammori is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Harvard Law School.[10]
References
- ^ "New America Fellows". New America Foundation. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- ^ "New America Announces 2013 Schwartz Fellows". New America Foundation. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
- ^ Fernandez, Bob. "Big victory for a geek lawyer Young attorney takes on Comcast and wins". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
- ^ Timm, Trevor. "How PIPA and SOPA Violate White House Principles Supporting Free Speech and Innovation". Electronic Frontier Foundation. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
- ^ Krieger, Daniel. "How To Kill A Bill On Capitol Hill". Fast Company. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ^ Ammori, Marvin. "The Internet Deserves Its Own Holiday". Wired. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Alex. "What Is Internet Freedom Day?". Mashable. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
- ^ Gloden, Sarah (Fall 2008). "Professor Ammori leads new telecom and cyber law courses at Law College" (PDF). The Nebraska Transcript. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
- ^ "CIS People | Center for Internet and Society". Retrieved 25 May 2012.
- ^ Citron, Danielle. "Concurring Opinions >> Introducing Guest Blogger Marvin Ammori". Retrieved 25 May 2012.