Post by Meltd0wn on Aug 31, 2008 0:52:56 GMT
is it a Move to RIAA-style Enforcement?
ESA Taps Former Recording Industry Executive, Kenneth Doroshow, as New General Counsel
Kenneth Doroshow, former executive at the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and senior counsel to the United States Department of Justice, is the Entertainment Software Association’s (ESA) new General Counsel, the association announced today. Doroshow will start his new position at the ESA in September.
“The ESA continues to attract and recruit the brightest individuals. Ken has remarkable expertise in the protection of intellectual property and an excellent understanding of the increasingly connected, dynamic, and innovative entertainment environment we live in,” said Michael D. Gallagher, CEO of the ESA, which represents U.S. computer and video game publishers. “The computer and video game industry will be well-protected with Ken’s guidance and I know he will help facilitate our growth to even greater heights.”
Doroshow served as Senior Vice President, Litigation and Legal Affairs for the RIAA, the trade group that represents the U.S. recording industry. As the head of the RIAA’s litigation department, he led efforts to protect the copyrighted works of recording artists and managed cutting-edge anti-piracy lawsuits against companies like LimeWire, Usenet.com and AllofMP3.com.
“Ken has been such a solid and dynamic leader at the RIAA. His spirit, diligence, intelligence and legal capacity made him a very special part of our team and we know he will be an outstanding addition to the ESA senior management,” said Mitch Bainwol, chairman and CEO of the RIAA. “We’ll miss Ken, but look forward to working together for years to come advancing the interests of content innovation.”
Before joining the RIAA, Doroshow was Senior Counsel with the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section of the United States Department of Justice. Charged with responsibility as a criminal prosecutor and manager of international criminal intellectual property enforcement policy, he played a key role in the largest-ever multinational criminal investigation of software piracy over the Internet.
“The copyright community is fortunate to have strong advocates in Washington at a number of trade associations who are working on their behalf, and I am so pleased to see one of these seasoned professionals continue this work to the benefit of the entire creative community. Ken brings a wealth of intellectual property knowledge and experience to the Entertainment Software Association,” said Patrick Ross, executive director of the Copyright Alliance. “He has worked in multiple facets of the copyright industries and will be a knowledgeable addition to the ESA. The Copyright Alliance looks forward to continuing to work with Ken in this new role.”
(Source: TheESA.com)
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Meltd0wn's Comments
This may seem like a good move on behalf of the video game companies, but lets not forget the militant and sometimes illegal tactics that the RIAA has used in the past in it's Music download witch hunts, and over bearing copyright "protection" requirements.
Remember the RIAA is the organization that originally told us that when we bought a music CD that we are only "renting" the music, and that we did not have the right to transport that music to an alternate source(computer, ipod, MP3 player, cassette player, etc) and then when told that was to restrictive they changed it so that we could make alternate copies, but if we ever lost position of the original source all copies would have to be deleted/erased.
This is also the organization that supported anti piracy devices that included everything from blocking music CDs from being played on more than one computer, to SONY's infamous malicious root kit Trojan. (read my blog if you forgot about this.)
ESA Taps Former Recording Industry Executive, Kenneth Doroshow, as New General Counsel
Kenneth Doroshow, former executive at the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and senior counsel to the United States Department of Justice, is the Entertainment Software Association’s (ESA) new General Counsel, the association announced today. Doroshow will start his new position at the ESA in September.
“The ESA continues to attract and recruit the brightest individuals. Ken has remarkable expertise in the protection of intellectual property and an excellent understanding of the increasingly connected, dynamic, and innovative entertainment environment we live in,” said Michael D. Gallagher, CEO of the ESA, which represents U.S. computer and video game publishers. “The computer and video game industry will be well-protected with Ken’s guidance and I know he will help facilitate our growth to even greater heights.”
Doroshow served as Senior Vice President, Litigation and Legal Affairs for the RIAA, the trade group that represents the U.S. recording industry. As the head of the RIAA’s litigation department, he led efforts to protect the copyrighted works of recording artists and managed cutting-edge anti-piracy lawsuits against companies like LimeWire, Usenet.com and AllofMP3.com.
“Ken has been such a solid and dynamic leader at the RIAA. His spirit, diligence, intelligence and legal capacity made him a very special part of our team and we know he will be an outstanding addition to the ESA senior management,” said Mitch Bainwol, chairman and CEO of the RIAA. “We’ll miss Ken, but look forward to working together for years to come advancing the interests of content innovation.”
Before joining the RIAA, Doroshow was Senior Counsel with the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section of the United States Department of Justice. Charged with responsibility as a criminal prosecutor and manager of international criminal intellectual property enforcement policy, he played a key role in the largest-ever multinational criminal investigation of software piracy over the Internet.
“The copyright community is fortunate to have strong advocates in Washington at a number of trade associations who are working on their behalf, and I am so pleased to see one of these seasoned professionals continue this work to the benefit of the entire creative community. Ken brings a wealth of intellectual property knowledge and experience to the Entertainment Software Association,” said Patrick Ross, executive director of the Copyright Alliance. “He has worked in multiple facets of the copyright industries and will be a knowledgeable addition to the ESA. The Copyright Alliance looks forward to continuing to work with Ken in this new role.”
(Source: TheESA.com)
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Meltd0wn's Comments
This may seem like a good move on behalf of the video game companies, but lets not forget the militant and sometimes illegal tactics that the RIAA has used in the past in it's Music download witch hunts, and over bearing copyright "protection" requirements.
Remember the RIAA is the organization that originally told us that when we bought a music CD that we are only "renting" the music, and that we did not have the right to transport that music to an alternate source(computer, ipod, MP3 player, cassette player, etc) and then when told that was to restrictive they changed it so that we could make alternate copies, but if we ever lost position of the original source all copies would have to be deleted/erased.
This is also the organization that supported anti piracy devices that included everything from blocking music CDs from being played on more than one computer, to SONY's infamous malicious root kit Trojan. (read my blog if you forgot about this.)
