Waglowski is recognized as one of the :pl:Wikipedia:Twórcy Polskiej Wikipedii|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 , dedicated to the legal aspects of the information society Waglowski was a founding member of the :pl:Internet Society Poland|Internet Society Poland. From 2001-06, he was a member of the board of the Society. He has authored numerous articles on the legal aspects of the information society. In 2005 he has published book "Prawo w sieci. Zarys regulacji internetu", 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. He is a member of the Program Council of the quarterly , and a columnist for the monthly magazine IT w administracji. Together with :pl:Jarosław Lipszyc|Jarosław Lipszyc he initiated the celebration of the Public Domain Day in Poland, which has been celebrated for the first time in 2007. On 14 August 2006, Deputy Prime MinisterLudwik Dorn appointed Waglowski for the member of the :pl:Rada Informatyzacji|Informatization Council. On 23 March 2007 he was nominated for membership in the Council of :pl:Polska Izba Informatyki i Telekomunikacji|Polish Chamber of Information Technology and Telecommunication. Since 2009 he has served as a member of the Program Council of the From March 2012 until February 2013 he worked with as Policy Director.
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".
2010: :pl:Info Star|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".
2011: 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."
