Progress and Freedom Foundation

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The Progress & Freedom Foundation is a U.S. market-oriented think tank based in Washington, D.C. that studies the digital revolution and its implications for public policy. Its mission is to educate policymakers, opinion leaders and the public about issues associated with technological change, based on a philosophy of limited government, free markets and individual sovereignty.[1]

It is funded in part by the digital media and communication industry. [2] It is rare among non-profits in that it chooses to disclose its corporate sponsors on its web site.

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[edit] Policy Areas

The Progress & Freedom Foundation focuses its work on six major policy areas:

  • Communications
  • Intellectual Property
  • E-Commerce
  • Energy
  • Competition
  • State Regulation

Policy stances include strong support for software patents and digital rights management systems, and steady skepticism of IP Commons and "Free Culture".

[edit] Center for Digital Media Freedom

The Center for Digital Media Freedom is a part of the Progress & Freedom Foundation. The center's goal is to "protect America's sacred First Amendment heritage and promote enlightened public policy regarding all forms of communications,"[3] by maximizing both the social (freedom of speech) and business (freedom from regulation) freedoms of the digital economy.

[edit] Supporters

Apple

AT&T

BellSouth

BMG

Cisco

CBS

Clear Channel Communications

Comcast Corporation

CompTIA

Disney

eBay

Edison Electric Institute

EMI Group

Entertainment Software Association

Google

Hewlett-Packard Company

Intel

Intellectual Ventures

Intuit

M2Z Networks

Microsoft

Motorola

National Cable & Telecommunications Association

NBC Universal

Nortel

NTT

PacifiCorp

Progress Energy

QUALCOMM Incorporated

Qwest Communications

SAP

Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

Southern Company

Sprint

Sybase, Inc.

Symantec Corporation

The News Corporation Limited

Time Warner

T-Mobile

United States Telecom Association

VeriSign, Inc.

Verizon Communications

VIACOM

Visa USA

Vivendi

XM Satellite Radio

[edit] References

  1. ^  Supporters. Retrieved on 2006-02-06.
  2. ^  About. Retrieved on 2006-02-11.

[edit] External links


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