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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
| Address1 | 1501 M STREET, NW |
Address2 | SUITE 1100 |
| City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20005 |
Country | USA |
3. Principal place of business (if different than line 2)
| City | New York |
State | NY |
Zip Code | 10036 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 40032-12
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6. House ID# 338440000
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| TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2011 |
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report
| 10. Check if this is a Termination Report | Termination Date | |
11. No Lobbying Issue Activity |
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| Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). | 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options. | ||||||||
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Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only
Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code |
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| Signature | Digitally Signed By: KEITH MURPHY, VICE PRESIDENT, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS |
Date | 04/20/2011 |
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code ADV
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 722 - Say No to Drug Ads Act, all provisions relating to advertising.
HR.4518 - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny a deduction for image advertising expenses for any trade
or business the gross receipts of which exceed $100 million - all provisions relating to advertising
H.R. 137 - Fairness in Political Advertising Act of 2011, all provisions relating to advertising
H.R. 166 - Internet,Investment, Innovation and Competition Preservation Act, all provision relating to advertising.
S.2873 - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny the deduction for direct to consumer advertising expenses for prescription pharmaceuticals and to provide a deduction for fees paid for the participation of children in certain organizations which promote physical activity, all provisions relating to advertising
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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Murphy |
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Stacey |
Dansky |
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Hollyn |
Schuemann |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code COM
16. Specific lobbying issues
S. 28 - Public Safet Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act, all provisions relating to broadcasting.
Comcast/NBCU merger review and impact on independent programming
HJRes 37 - Disapproving the rule submissted by the Federal Communicatios Commission with respect to regulating the internet and braodband inudstry practices, all provisions relating to broadcasting.
H.R. 96 - Internet Freedom Act, all provisions relating to broadcasting
H.R. 137 - Fairness in Political Advertising Act of 2011, all provisions relating to broadcasting.
H.R. 166 - Internet, Investment, Innovation and Competition Preservation Act , all provisions relating to broadcasting.
H.R. 654- The Do Not Track Me Online Act, all provisions relating to broadcasting
H.R. 722 - Say No to Drug Ads Act, all provisions relating to broadcasting
H.R. 911 - Specturm Inventory and Auction Act of 2011, all provisions relating to broadcasting
HRes 57 - Expressing the same sense of the House of Represenatives that the United Nation and other international governmental organizations shall noe be allowed to exercise control over the Internet,all provisions relating to broadcasting
S.1 - American Competitiveness Act, all provisions relating to broadcasting
S. 74 - Internet Freedom, Broadband Promotion and Consumer Protection Act of 2011, all provisions relating to broadcasting
S.174 - Healthy Lifestyles & Prevention America Act, all provisions relating to broadcasting
S. 415 - Sepctrum Optimization Act, all provisions relating to broadcasting
S. 463 - Effective STEM Teaching and Learning, all provisions relating to broadcasting
SJRes 6 - Disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to regulating the Internet and broadband industry practices, all provisions relating to broadcasting
Net Neutrality
Graduated Response Initatives
Film Internet Piracy/Theft
Broadband non-discrimination principle
Content and Content Security in Broadband Adoption
Network Management
Rogue Sites Legislation
Streaming illegal Content
Title II Reclassification
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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Murphy |
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Hollyn |
Schuemann |
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Lea |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code CPT
16. Specific lobbying issues
Anti-counterfeiting Trade Agreements (ACTA)
Film Internet Piracy/Theft
General camcording issues
Anti-counterfeiting Trade Agreements (ACTA)
China IP
Content Theft
DHS/ICE IP enforcement efforts
Enforcement of IP provisions of the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (PL 110-315)
FBI IP Enforcement
FBI IP enforcement funding
FI & DOJ IP Enforcement
FY11 and FY12 DOP IP Enforcement
FY12 DOJ IP Budget
FY12 FBI IP Budget
FY12 IP Enforcement
FY 12 IP Enforcement appropriations
General coordination on IP enforcement issues
General copyright issues
General IP Issues
General IPR
General piracy issues
Graduated Response
Graduated Response initiatives
Graduated Response MOU
Ice Operation In Our Sites
Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (IPEC) Report
International Anti-Piracy Committee (IAPC)
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
IP/Copyright online and new business models
IP Enforcement
Net Neutrality
Pay processors role in IP theft
PRO-IP / Intellectual Property Appropriations
Rapid Share (Rogue website)
Rogue Sites Legislation
Rogue sites digital piracy legislation
Singapore media regulation
Streaming Illegal Content
Turkey intellectual property rights
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), U.S. Copyright Office, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), State - Dept of (DOS), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Keith |
Murphy |
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Stacey |
Dansky |
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DeDe |
Lea |
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Hollyn |
Schuemann |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code TAX
16. Specific lobbying issues
S.28 - Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation ACT, all provisions relating to television, motion pictures and the Internet.
Section 181 - Tax accelerated depreciation
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code ART
16. Specific lobbying issues
Content and content security in broadband adoption
Disability rulemaking
DHS/ICE IP enforcement efforts
Content theft
FBI-ICE/DHS anti-piracy banner/seal
FCC issues-Allvid
Film advertising
Film Industry Data
Film Internet Piracy/Theft
General copyright issues
General piracy issues
On-Location Production economic Impact
Film tax credits
Rapid Share (Rogue website)
Rogue sites digital piracy legislation
Streaming illegal content
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), U.S. Copyright Office, Executive Office of the President (EOP), U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Keith |
Murphy |
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Stacey |
Dansky |
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Hollyn |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code CPI
16. Specific lobbying issues
Comcast/NBCU merger review and impact on independent programming
Broadband Policy-Technology
Film Internet piracy/theft
ISP-Graduated response initiatives
Net neutrality
Title II Reclassification
Internet legislation
Rogue Sites digital piracy legislation
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Justice - Dept of (DOJ), U.S. Copyright Office, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Vice President of the United States
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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Lea |
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Keith |
Murphy |
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Hollyn |
Schuemann |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code ECN
16. Specific lobbying issues
Film production and the economy
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Justice - Dept of (DOJ), U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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DeDe |
Lea |
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Hollyn |
Schuemann |
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Stacey |
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Keith |
Murphy |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code TEC
16. Specific lobbying issues
S.28 - Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation ACT, all provisions relating to television, motion pictures and the Internet.
HJRes 37 - Disapproving the rule submissted by the Federal Communicatios Commission with respect to regulating the internet and braodband inudstry practices, all provisions relating to television, motion pictures and the Internet.
H.R. 96 - Internet Freedom Act, all provisions relating to television, motion pictures and the Internet.
H.R. 137 - Fairness in Political Advertising Act of 2011, all provisions relating to television, motion pictures and the Internet
H.R. 166 - Internet, Investment, Innovation and Competition Preservation Act , all provisions relating to television, motion pictures and the Internet.
H.R. 654- The Do Not Track Me Online Act, all provisions relating to television, motion pictures and the Internet.
H.R. 722 - Say No to Drug Ads Act, all provisions relating to television, motion pictures and the Internet
H.R. 911 - Specturm Inventory and Auction Act of 2011, all provisions relating to television, motion pictures and the Internet.
HRes 57 - Expressing the same sense of the House of Represenatives that the United Nation and other international governmental organizations shall noe be allowed to exercise control over the Internet,all provisions relating to televisioin, motion pictures and the Internet
S.1 - American Competitiveness Act, all provisions relating to television, motion pictures and the Internet
S. 74 - Internet Freedom, Broadband Promotion and Consumer Protection Act of 2011, all provisions relating to television, motion pictures and the Internet.
S.174 - Healthy Lifestyles & Prevention America Act, all provisions relating to television, motion pictures and the Internet
S. 415 - Sepctrum Optimization Act, all provisions relating to television, motion pictures and the Internet
S. 463 - Effective STEM Teaching and Learning, all provisions relating to television, motion pictures and the Internet
SJRes 6 - Disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to regulating the Internet and broadband industry practices, all provisions relating to television, motion pictures and the Internet
Net Neutrality
Graduated Reponse Initiatives
Film Internet Piracy/Theft
Broadband non-discrimination principle
Content and content security in broadband adoption
Network Management
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Federal Communications Commission (FCC),
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Murphy |
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Hollyn |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code TRD
16. Specific lobbying issues
Anti-counterfeiting Trade Agreements (ACTA)
Singapore Media Regulation
Turkey Intellectual Property Rights
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), State - Dept of (DOS), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code LAW
16. Specific lobbying issues
Copyright Enforcement, DHS/ICE IP enforcement efforts
General coordination on IP enforcement issues, IP enforcement
Graduated Response Initiatives
FBI-ICE/DHS anti-piracy banner/seal
FBI IP Enforcement
FBI IP enforcement funding
FI & DOJ IP Enforcement
FY11 and FY12 DOP IP Enforcement
FY12 DOJ IP Budget
FY12 FBI IP Budget
FY12 IP Enforcement
FY 12 IP Enforcement appropriations
ICE Operation In Our Sites
IP Enforcement
Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (IPEC) report
Pay processors' role in IP enforcement
Rogue Sites Legislation
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
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28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization
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