Piotr Waglowski (born 17 May 1974, Warsaw), known online as VaGla, is a Polish lawyer, publicist and webmaster, open government activist, researcher of communication processes in the paradigm of social constructionism.
Academic activity and teaching Waglowski specialised in the legal aspects of the information society and the legal analysis of the Internet-based projects. A graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw, he dedicated his Master's thesis to the subject of infringement of personality rights on the Internet and their civil law protection based on the Civil Code. He studied at the doctoral level at the Institute of Law Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, currently working on his PhD dissertation. His teaching experience is dedicated mostly to media education. He has taught at the Lazarski University in Warsaw, Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities, and at the Faculty of Journalism and Political Studies of University of Warsaw.Official website ; accessed 8 October 2014.
Public and social services Waglowski is recognized as one of the first Wikipedians in Poland. In 1995, he founded the first Polish-language electronic mailing list on law, known as "[email protected]". Two years later, he started his private Internet service VaGla.pl Prawo i Internet, dedicated to the legal aspects of the information society"Tekstylia bis. Słownik młodej polskiej kultury", p. 781 (Kraków 2006);
Waglowski was a founding member of the Internet Society Poland. From 2001 to 2006, he was a member of the board of the Society. He has authored numerous articlesList of publications (at the bottom of the page) on the legal aspects of the information society. In 2005 he has published book "Prawo w sieci. Zarys regulacji internetu","Prawo w sieci. Zarys regulacji internetu" ("Law in the net. Outline of the regulation of the Internet"), Helion Publishing; . which was one of the first publications on this subject in Poland. Since December 2006 he has served in the Program Council of the bi-monthly magazine Elektroniczna administracja (Electronic administration).Program Council of the "Elektroniczna administracja" ("Electronic administration") He is a member of the Program Council of the quarterly Prawo Nowych Technologii, and a columnist for the monthly magazine IT w administracji.Profile, itwadministracji.pl; accessed 20 September 2014.
Together with Jarosław Lipszyc he initiated the celebration of the Public Domain Day in Poland, which has been celebrated for the first time in 2007.Jarosław Lipszyc: 1 stycznia - Dzień Domeny Publicznej (1 January - Public Domain Day) , jaroslawlipszyc.salon24.pl; accessed 8 October 2014.
On 14 August 2006, Deputy Prime Minister Ludwik Dorn appointed Waglowski for the member of the Informatization Council.IDG: Piotr "Vagla" Waglowski członkiem Rady Informatyzacji ("Piotr "VaGla" Waglowski member of the Informatization Council"); accessed 8 October 2014. On 23 March 2007 he was nominated for membership in the Council of Polish Chamber of Information Technology and Telecommunication.Rada Polskiej Izby Informatyki i Telekomunikacji Kadencja 2007-2009 ("Polish Chamber of Information Technology and Telecommunication, mandate 2007-2009"); accessed 8 October 2014. Rada Polskiej Izby Informatyki i Telekomunikacji Kadencja 2009-2011 ("Polish Chamber of Information Technology and Telecommunication, mandate 2009-2011")
Since 2009 he has served as a member of the Program Council of the Panoptykon FoundationOfficial news on the Modern Poland Foundation website; accessed 20 September 2014. From March 2012 until February 2013 he worked with Fundacja ePaństwo as Policy Director.VaGla Waglowski PDF-Poland and CEE: speakers: Piotr "VaGla" Waglowski 2011 profile, personaldemocracy.com; accessed 20 September 2014.
Awards and prizes 2001: Internet Citizen of the Year 2001 - Piotr Waglowski has been the first to receive this title from the Organisational Committee of the Civil Internet for the essential contribution to the building the information society in Poland. 2005: Bronze Cross of Merit in 2005 from the President of Poland the cross "for the contribution to the development of informatization"."Monitor Polski" 83/2005, position 1183; accessed 8 October 2014. 2010: Info Star Prize 2010 received from the Centre of the Promotion of the Computer Science and Polish Information Processing Society for "promotion of the ICT law".Information on the winners of the Info-Star prize, info-star.pl; accessed 8 October 2014. 2011: (nomination) Man of the Year. Internet Standard 2011 - "for almost 15 years of writing blog-portal on law and Internet, for consequent support of the freedom in The Net, for describing in easy-to-understand form difficult legal subjects, for initiating substantive discussions, for the contribution to the research on copyright law in Internet."Company and Man of the Year 2011, internetstandard.pl; accessed 8 October 2014 . 2012: Accessible Cyberspace Forum awarded Waglowski a prize "for exceptional contribution to the accessibility of Internet"Samorząd Równych Szans i Forum Dostępnej Cyberprzestrzeni, prawo.vagla.pl; accessed 8 October 2014. nominated to Andrzej Woyciechowski PrizePress: Newsy Radio. Jagielski, Jurecki, Zimoch i Waglowski wśród nominowanch do Nagrody im. Andrzeja Woyciechowskiego 2012Nagroda Woyciechowskiego - Edycja 2012 - Nominacje, nagrodawoyciechowskiego.pl; accessed 8 October 2014. 2013: nominated to Radio TOK FM PrizeRadio TOK FM: Nominowani do Nagrody Radia TOK FM; accessed 8 October 2014. ranked Most Influential Polish Lawyer of 2012Dziennik Gazeta Prawna: 50 najbardziej wpływowych prawników. II edycja rankingu; accessed 8 October 2014. received MediaTory Prize (2013) from journalism students at Polish universities) for "ReformaTOR", the highest-standard of citizenship investigation, consequent monitoring (watchdoging) authorities and controlling legal reality for the benefit of whole society.Laureaci MediaTorów 2013, mediatory.pl; accessed 8 October 2014.
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VaGla.pl Prawo i Internet | Prawne aspekty społeczeństwa informacyjnego (eng.: VaGla.pl Law and Internet | Legal aspects of information society)