EFF Pioneer Award [SEP] creator
EFF Pioneer Award
The EFF Pioneer Award is an annual prize by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) for people who have made significant contributions to the empowerment of individuals in using computers. Until 1998 it was presented at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., United States. Thereafter it was presented at the Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference. In 2007 it was presented at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference.
Winners.
- 1992: Douglas Engelbart, Robert E. Kahn, Tom Jennings, Jim Warren, Andrzej Smereczynski
titled "The Penguin and the Leviathan: How Cooperation Triumphs over Self-Interest", was published. Benkler discussed this book at a lecture given at Harvard on October 18, 2011.
Benkler contributed the essay "Complexity and Humanity" to the Freesouls book project, which discusses the human element in production and technology.
Awards.
- 2006 – Donald McGannon Award for Social and Ethical Relevance in Communications Policy Research
- 2006 – Public Knowledge IP3 Award
- March 2007 – EFF Pioneer Award
- 2008