'''吳修銘''' （{{lang en|Timothy （Timothy Shiou-Ming Wu}} ）是一位美國學者，曾參加2014年紐約州副州長民主黨初選失敗。吳修銘現任[[哥倫比亞大學法學院]]法學教授，為媒體改革組織[[Free Press]]的前主席，並定期為〈[[紐約客]]〉撰寫文章<ref name="Tim Wu">{{cite web |url=http://www.oecdministerialseoul2008.org/en/programmee/speaker_view.html?id=16 |title=Tim Wu |first= |last= |accessdate=2008-12-10 |publisher=[[OECD]] Ministerial Meeting on the Future of the Internet Economy, June 2008 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090118043729/http://www.oecdministerialseoul2008.org/en/programmee/speaker_view.html?id=16 |archivedate=2009-01-18 }}</ref>。他曾在[[新美國基金會]]裡與伯納德·萊昂·施瓦茨共事過<ref>{{cite web|title=Who Should Govern the Internet?|url=http://newamerica.net/events/2012/who_should_govern_the_internet|publisher=New America Foundation|accessdate=2012-11-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121129113713/http://newamerica.net/events/2012/who_should_govern_the_internet|archive-date=2012-11-29|dead-url=yes}}</ref>。吳修銘最為人所知的是，他在其論文《網路中立性、寬頻歧視》（Network Neutrality, Broadband Discrimination）中首次提及「[[網路中立性]]」一詞<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.ssrn.com/abstract=388863|title=Network Neutrality, Broadband Discrimination|journal=SSRN Electronic Journal|author=Tim Wu|doi=10.2139/ssrn.388863}}</ref>，並推廣此一概念，進而導致2010年聯邦網路中立性規則的通過<ref name="WU">{{Cite web |url=http://www.freepress.net/docs/timwu.pdf |title=NETWORK NEUTRALITY, BROADBAND DISCRIMINATION by Tim Wu |accessdate=2015-08-25 |archive-date=2008-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201135721/http://www.freepress.net/docs/timwu.pdf |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref name="Columbia Law School">{{cite web |url=http://www.law.columbia.edu/media_inquiries/news_events/2008/april2008/Wu_FreePress |title=Tim Wu Elected Board Chair At Free Press |first= |last= |date=2008-04-14 |publisher=Columbia Law School |access-date=2015-08-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141001033958/http://www.law.columbia.edu/media_inquiries/news_events/2008/april2008/Wu_FreePress |archive-date=2014-10-01 |dead-url=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2010/12/fcc_passes_new.html | title = FCC passes New Neutrality Rule | date = 2010-12-21 | publisher = Boston Globe | first = Hiawatha | last = Bray | accessdate = 2015-08-25 | archive-date = 2014-02-23 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140223090712/http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2010/12/fcc_passes_new.html | dead-url = no }}</ref>。吳修銘也在行動通訊政策上作出許多重大貢獻，其中最知名的為其「卡特豐」（Carterfone）提議<ref name="Ante">{{cite web |url=http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/nov2007/db2007117_264711.htm |title=Tim Wu, Freedom Fighter |first=Spencer E. |last=Ante |date=2008-11-08 |publisher=[[BusinessWeek]] |accessdate=2015-08-25 |archive-date=2011-10-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020141655/http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/nov2007/db2007117_264711.htm |dead-url=no }}</ref>。