Public Knowledge is a non-profit Washington, D.C.-based public interest group that is involved in intellectual property law, competition, and choice in the digital marketplace, and an open standards/end-to-end internet.

Its president and co-founder is Gigi Sohn, Peter Suber is director of its open access project, and its directors include MIT professor Hal Abelson, Stanford Law professor Lawrence Lessig, and former FCC chairman Reed Hundt.

Public Knowledge's work focuses on the three 'IP's of communications and copyright policy: information policy, intellectual property, and Internet Protocol.

While Public Knowledge has taken part in many information policy debates, the group is particularly well-known for its steady advocacy against the expansion of copyright and for the importance of copyright defenses and exemptions such as fair use. For instance, in response to the FCC's attempt to mandate a broadcast flag for all digital TV tuners, Public Knowledge led the successful legal campaign to have the rule overturned. One study of the politics of digital rights management policy concluded, "Since its 2001 founding, Public Knowledge has risen to prominence as the pre-eminent DC-based policy advocacy organization within the strong fair use coalition."

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Richard Kent played for 16 successful years in the collegiate ranks of American football at Appalachian State where he also earned his Bachelor of Science degree. Later on he earned his Masters degree at Clemson. During the last 10 years of his college career, he helped his teams achieve a win-loss record of 88-25-1.

Kent joined the football staff at Clemson as a graduate assistant in 1985. Over the years he has served at the following schools: Lexington Senior High School (1984)

While he worked at Clemson, the Clemson Tigers played in two Bowl games and won the ACC Championship Game in 1986. Among the NFL players that Kent has coached over the years are Donnell Woolford, Delton Hall and Deems May.

Since 1999 Kent has been active as a coach in NFL Europe. He started at the Scottish Claymores where he served for 3 years (1999-2001), followed by defensive backs coach at Berlin Thunder (2002-2003), the Cologne Centurions (2004) and finally the Amsterdam Admirals (2005-present). In addition to his coaching duties, for several years Kent has worked closely in the off-season with NFLE Director of International Player and Game Development Tony Allen in scouting and developing home-grown prospects from around the world. In those years he helped lead Scotland (2000), Berlin (2002) and Amsterdam (2005) to the World Bowl championship game, which resulted in a victory for the latter two. During Amsterdam's World Bowl-winning 2005 season, the defense, under Kent, led NFL Europe in takeaways and interceptions.

The 2007 season marked Kent's third year with the Amsterdam Admirals, his ninth in NFL Europe, and his second campaign as Amsterdam's defensive coordinator.

On January 27, 2009, Kent was announced as the new secondary coach for the Toronto Argonauts rejoining his partnership with former Admirals head coach Bart Andrus, who had been recently hired as the new head coach for Toronto.

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