Tim Wu

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Tim Wu is a professor at Columbia Law School and a writer for Slate Magazine, known for popularizing the concept of "Network Neutrality".

Professor Wu's field is copyright and telecommunications policy. He has a well-known series of articles on network neutrality, and is often credited with coining the term. For his work on network neutrality, Professor Wu was named one of Scientific American's 50 people of the year in 2006. He has also written for Slate Magazine on various topics.

Wu is the co-author of "Who Controls the Internet" (Oxford 2006), and a Tech Law Prof.

Wu graduated from McGill University in 1995 with a B.Sc., and received his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1998. He worked with the U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Legal Counsel, after graduating law school, and before starting a clerkship with Richard Posner on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals (1998-99). Wu also clerked for Stephen Breyer, U.S. Supreme Court (1999-2000).

Following his clerkships, Wu worked at Riverstone Networks, Inc. (2000-02) and then entered academia. In 2006 he accepted a faculty appointment at Columbia Law School.

Influential Publications

• "Who Controls the Internet" (Oxford U. Press, 2006)
• "Copyright's Communications Policy," Michigan Law Review (2005)
• "The Broadband Debate, a User's Guide," Journal of Telecommunications & High Tech. Law (2004)
• "Network Neutrality, Broadband Discrimination," Journal of Telecommunications and High Tech. Law (2003)

[edit] External links

• Tim Wu Home Page
• Columbia Law School Biography
• Article - Why you should care about network neutrality
• Article - Keeping secrets: A simple prescription for keeping Google's records out of government hands
• Article - Network Neutrality, Broadband Discrimination

• Web Page - Understanding Network Neutrality
• Dedication to Water Without Ice
• Airport Reviews

• Profile in New York Observer