Michael W. Carroll

Michael W. Carroll
Michael W. Carroll by Joi Ito
NationalityAmerican
OccupationProfessor of Law
Known forCreative Commons
SpouseKristy Carroll
ChildrenMadeleine Carroll, Vivian Carroll
Academic background
Education
Academic work
InstitutionsAmerican University Washington College of Law
Main interestsintellectual property law, electronic commerce, cyberlaw

Michael W. Carroll is a Professor of Law and Director of the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property at American University's Washington College of Law.[1][2] Carroll is one of the founding Board Members of Creative Commons, a not-for-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative work available for others to legally build upon and share.[1] He also is a member of the Board of Directors of the Public Library of Science PLOS and served on the National Academy of Sciences' Board on Research Data and Information from 2008 to 2013.

  1. ^ a b "CYBERLAW EXPERT TO DISCUSS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND NEW BENEFITS TO THE HUMANITIES AT KANSAS UNION". Kansas University Library. April 14, 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  2. ^ Pulla, Priyanka (July 17, 2019). "The plan to mine the world's research papers". Nature. Retrieved 26 April 2020.