Lobbying Relationship

Client

Escape Media Group, Inc.

Provider of artist promotion and interactive online music streaming services. More records

Lobbying firm

Heather Podesta + Partners, LLC

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  • Monitor proposals to curtail online copyright infringement (S. 968, PROTECT IP Act) and to establish a felony criminal penalty for illegal online streaming of copyrighted content (S. 978, a bill to amend the criminal penalty provision for criminal infringement of a copyright).
  • Monitor proposals to regulate online commercial collection and use of consumer data (S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011; S. 913, Do-Not-Track Online Act of 2011; S. 1223, Location Privacy Protection Act of 2011; H.R. 611, Best Practices Act; H.R. 654, Do Not Track Me Online Act; H.R. 1895, Do Not Track Kids Act of 2011).

Duration: to

General Issues: Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Advertising, Science/Technology, Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection

Spending: about $140,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2010: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills mentioned

S.968: PROTECT IP Act of 2011

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

S.978: A bill to amend the criminal penalty provision for criminal infringement...

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

S.799: Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011

Sponsor: John Kerry (D-Mass.)

S.913: Do-Not-Track Online Act of 2011

Sponsor: John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.)

S.1223: Location Privacy Protection Act of 2012

Sponsor: Al Franken (D-Minn.)

H.R.611: BEST PRACTICES Act

Sponsor: Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.)

H.R.654: Do Not Track Me Online Act

Sponsor: Jackie Speier (D-Calif.)

H.R.1895: Do Not Track Kids Act of 2011

Sponsor: Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)

S.968: Secondary School Innovation Fund Act

Sponsor: Harry Reid (D-Nev.)

S.978: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the...

Sponsor: Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.)

S.799: America's Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2009

Sponsor: Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.)

S.913: Workforce Health Improvement Program Act of 2009

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

S.1223: Free Enterprise Act of 2009

Sponsor: Mike Johanns (R-Neb.)

H.R.611: Marginal Well Production Preservation and Enhancement Act

Sponsor: Dan Boren (D-Okla.)

H.R.654: Poverty Impact Trigger Act of 2009

Sponsor: Barbara Lee (D-Calif.)

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Lobbyists

Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.

Lobbyist Covered positions?
Heather Podesta Counsel, Representative Robert Matsui, Counsel, Representative Earl Pomeroy Legislative Fellow, Senator Bill Bradley Research Assistant, Congressional Budget Office
Julian A. Haywood Staff Dir/Csl, House Govt Reform Subcomm Min Counsel, House Govt Reform Comm Cnsl, House Comm on Stds of Official Conduct Legislative Asst & Counsel, Rep. Steny Hoyer Legislative Assistant, Rep. Julian Dixon
Eric Rosen Asst U.S. Atty, N. Dist of CA, Dept of Justice Counsel, Senate Committee on the Judiciary Legislative Director, Rep. Anthony Weiner Deputy Dir, U.S. Dept of Justice, Ofc of Intergovt Affairs Legislative Assistant, Rep. Chet Atkins Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee Dep Dir, Dept of Justice Office of Intergovt Affair
Julian Haywood n/a

Disclosures Filed

Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

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Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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