by Waldemar Otto, 1986
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Revolving Door: MPAA Hires Chief USTR Negotiator Behind ACTA And TPP's IP Chapter
by Mike Masnick
Tue, Apr 22nd 2014 12:11pm
from the a-big-pat-on-the-back dept
For the past five years or so, the USTR's chief intellectual property negotiator has been Stan McCoy.
McCoy has long positioned himself as an intellectual property
maximalist, repeating talking points from lobbyists regularly, while condescending
to anyone who questions the legitimacy of those claims. McCoy famously
was the chief negotiator behind the US's disastrous (and mostly failed)
attempt to push ACTA through, as well as the lead on the TPP's
intellectual property chapter -- a chapter so bad it may help sink the
TPP agreement. In fact, previous reports have noted that McCoy's bullying and aggression in trying to push through the TPP were angering others in the negotiations. McCoy also has a long history of mocking public interest advocates, while praising maximalists for similar tactics. From a report a few years ago concerning a hearing that McCoy chaired:
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The burden of proof was very obviously on the public interest, civil society groups. Stan McCoy of the USTR, who was presiding over the hearing, joked about the two-phonebook-sized submission by the International Intellectual Property Alliance. (Lol?) Sadly, there is no independent verification of these industry reports and there were no tough questions for industry regarding their testimony. Several times, McCoy interrupted civil society groups’ testimony to chide them on speaking too generally about IP policy, but refrained when industry witnesses did the same.Given all that, it should be no surprise at all that McCoy, the failed strategist behind ACTA and the TPP's IP provisions... has received his reward and pat on the back from the industry: a shiny new job at the MPAA. As Tim Lee notes in that link, this is just the latest in the never-ending revolving door between maximalist lobbying groups and the USTR:
Last year I wrote that at least a dozen former senior USTR officials have moved to industry groups that favor stronger protections. McCoy's hire makes it a baker's dozen. Previous hires include including Greg Frazier, who (according to his LinkedIn page) spent 8 years as the executive vice president of the Motion Picture Association of America after a stint at USTR. Other former USTR officials took jobs at drug and medical device companies.Read More Here
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