 DiMA hire may be "foot in the door" at House Judiciary ·Jan 18, 10:09 AM From Billboard: The Digital Media Assn. has reached into the domain of the entertainment industry — the House Judiciary Committee — tapping Greg Barnes as its new legislative counsel and director of government affairs. Barnes was senior counsel to House Judiciary The music industry, as copyright holders, has traditionally had strong influence with Senate and House Judiciary Committee members. The technology industry has been seen as more influential with Commerce Committee members. Now DiMA may be ensuring itself a strong foot in the inner door of the Judiciary Committee, so to speak. Barnes will join DiMA on Feb. 1 following six years as a member of Conyers’ staff, where he was involved in several areas including patents, copyrights, counterfeiting and other forms of piracy, and identity theft… “Greg’s legislative and political experience and will make him an important addition to DiMA’s staff, and we are fortunate that he is joining our team,” says Jonathan Potter, executive director of DiMA. “We look forward to having Greg on board as we continue to help digital media companies achieve a regulatory and business environment that supports industry growth, creative and technological innovation and greater consumer enjoyment of digital content.” Read the entire story from Billboard here. share: del.icio.us.  Reddit  Digg  Yahoo  Wink  Windows  Google  Newsvine 
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Committee chairman John Conyers Jr., D-Mich.
