Michelle Thorne (Creative Commons)
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| Michelle Thorne | |
 Michelle Thorne 2007, by Joi Ito
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| Born | January 15, 1985  USA |
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| Residence | Berlin, Germany |
| Nationality | USA |
| Alma mater | Mount Holyoke College University of Leipzig |
| Occupation | Creative Commons International Project Assistant |
| Known for | Creative Commons |
Michelle Thorne, born January 15, 1985, is an American-born, Berlin, Germany-based Creative Commons activist. She holds a BA summa cum laude in Critical Social Thought and German Studies from Mount Holyoke College, USA, where she wrote an honors thesis on authorship, originality, and American copyright law. [1] Thorne grew up in Heidelberg, Germany.
Thorne works as a project assistant for the international office of Creative Commons International in Germany. She claims[2] to be on a personal quest to beat her Googleganger, a British erotica actress of the same name, at her search engine rankings.
[edit] References
- ^ Creative Commons:People. Creative Commons. Retrieved on 2008-04-29.
- ^ Thornet:aber hallo, welt. Michelle Thorne. Retrieved on 2008-04-29.
