Patrick Ross

Patrick Ross has been analyzing, writing and speaking about the digital economy since 1995, following service on Capitol Hill for Senator Harry Reid (D-NV). He is the Executive Director of the Copyright Alliance, a federation of unions, corporations, trade associations and individual artists from creative industries including motion pictures; music and compositions; book, magazine, journal and newspaper publishing; business and videogame software; photography and illustrations; amateur and professional sports leagues; and social-networking sites and high-technology companies. For ten years he covered Capitol Hill, the White House and independent regulatory agencies as a writer and editor ofCommunications Daily and Washington Internet Daily and the first Washington Bureau Chief of CNET News.com. He then served as a senior fellow and vice president with The Progress & Freedom Foundation think tank. Mr. Ross has been interviewed as a digital policy expert on C-SPAN, CNN, CNBC, NPR, Fox Business Channel and other media, and has been profiled and quoted in dozens of magazines, newspapers and online publications including but not limited to The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, The San Jose Mercury News, The Washington Post, The Associated Press, Reuters, Dow Jones, The Guardian, U.S. News & World Report, The New Republic, Wired Magazine, Industry Standard, Red Herring, Chronicle of Higher Education, Politico, PC Magazine, National Journal, Variety,and The Hollywood Reporter. He speaks frequently before trade shows and industry events, such as The Consumer Electronics Show, South by Southwest, The Tech Policy Summit, and Digital Hollywood.