2nd Quarter - Termination — ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION for ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION (2009)

Firm

ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION

Client

ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION

Income

—

Expenses

$1,208,000

Expense method

C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

Terminated

Jun 23, 2009

What was lobbied

7 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Constitution CON

Media regulation; First Amendment protection; Entertainment industry ratings; Parental control technology; Content/video game sale regulation; Retailer enforcement of ratings

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SARAH EVERS HUDGINS	—
GINA GRANDINETTI WOODWORTH	—

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; U.S. Copyright Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Telecommunications TEC

ISP management; Copyright enforcement; Broadband deployment, Broadband policy

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SARAH EVERS HUDGINS	—
GINA GRANDINETTI WOODWORTH	—
JASON KNAPP	—
MICHAEL WARNECKE	—

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; SENATE; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Copyright Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Piracy; Copyright Act; Anti-circumvention; Patent modernization; Intellectual property enforcement; Customs reauthorization; PRO-IP Act appropriations; Dept. of Justice appropriations; Dept. of State reauthorization

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SARAH EVERS HUDGINS	—
GINA GRANDINETTI WOODWORTH	—
JASON KNAPP	—
STEVAN MITCHELL	—
MARIA LUISA SIMPSON	—
MICHAEL WARNECKE	—

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Natl Security Council (NSC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Copyright Office; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act implementation

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SARAH EVERS HUDGINS	—
MICHAEL WARNECKE	—

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); U.S. Copyright Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Security Council (NSC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); SENATE

Immigration IMM

Highly skilled workforce; H1-B visas; Green cards; immigration reform

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SARAH EVERS HUDGINS	—
GINA GRANDINETTI WOODWORTH	—

Contacted: U.S. Copyright Office; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Security Council (NSC); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Free Trade Agreements; Special 301 Designated Countries; Trade policy reform; Domestic regulatory and administrative issues; Trade enforcement; Doha Round Proceedings; Trade Promotion Authority

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SARAH EVERS HUDGINS	—
GINA GRANDINETTI WOODWORTH	—
JASON KNAPP	—
STEVAN MITCHELL	—
MARIA LUISA SIMPSON	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Security Council (NSC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Copyright Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; State, Dept of (DOS)

Computer Industry CPI

Internet governance; virtual worlds; online gaming

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SARAH EVERS HUDGINS	—
GINA GRANDINETTI WOODWORTH	—
MICHAEL WARNECKE	—

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Security Council (NSC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE; U.S. Copyright Office; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Customs & Border Protection

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