PK Allies Roast Sohn At Fundraiser

Public Knowledge honored three people for promoting PK's goals: Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), who PK commended for fighting what he sees as overly-strict intellectual property rules on the Internet; Beth Noveck, the former federal deputy chief technology officer, for open government initiatives; and Peter Jaszi, a professor at American University's Washington College of Law, for his intellectual property work.

But the highlight of the evening was a roast of the outspoken, popular, height-challenged PK founder Gigi Sohn, a staunch advocate for network neutrality and against the AT&T merger with T-Mobile, among other issues that pit her against the giant phone and cable companies. Rep Ed Markey (D-MA)called Sohn "the smallest human to terrorize a giant since David hit Goliath on the forehead." Gary Shapiro, head of the Consumer Electronics Association, labeled Sohn the "Lady Gaga of telecom policy" because she keeps things interesting.