3rd Quarter - Report — ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION for ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION (2008)

Firm

ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION

Client

ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION

Income

—

Expenses

$980,000

Expense method

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

What was lobbied

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

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	—
STEVAN MITCHELL	—
MARIA LUISA SIMPSON	—

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

Constitution CON

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

Telecommunications TEC

ISP management; copyright enforcement; broadband deployment

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

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

Computer Industry CPI

Internet governance; Virtual worlds, Online gaming

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

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

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Anti-piracy; Copyright Act; File sharing; Anti-circumvention; Patent Modernization; Intellectual Property Enforcement

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

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

Immigration IMM

High-skilled workers, H1-B visas and green cards

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

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

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.