Conflict of Interest?
April 14, 2009 at 1:19 pm
President Obama has tapped yet another RIAA lawyer for a top spot in his Justice Department.
Gershengorn, left, a partner with RIAA-firm Jenner & Block, represented the labels against Grokster (.pdf) and will be in charge of the DOJ Federal Programs Branch. That’s the unit that just told a federal judge the Obama administration supports monetary damages as high as $150,000 per purloined music track on a peer-to-peer file sharing program.
How is this not a conflict of interest? Gershengorn is going to direct the people that are involved with current and future cases of copyright infringement. I guess Obama’s rules covering the ethics commitments of executive branch personnel don’t apply here. I’m sorely disappointed by these appointments.
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