GARY GREENSTEIN
General Counsel, SoundExchange

Greenstein was most recently the Vice
President of Business and Legal Affairs for the RIAA where he handled a wide
range of statutory licensing matters for the recording industry, including
participation in the first Webcasting copyright arbitration royalty
proceeding, voluntary negotiations with XM Satellite Radio and SIRIUS
Satellite Radio, the three preexisting subscription services, and various
classes of webcasters (large commercial, small commercial and
noncommercial). He also played a leading role in negotiations over the Small
Webcaster Settlement Act of 2002 and the 2004 CARP reform legislation.
Greenstein also represented SoundExchange in the Notice and Recordkeeping
Rulemaking conducted by the Copyright Office to establish recordkeeping
regulations for webcasters and other statutory licensees. From 1996 to 2001,
Greenstein was an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Arnold &
Porter where he represented Major League Baseball on numerous matters before
the U.S. Copyright Office, with a particular focus on satellite and cable
statutory licensing matters. He also served as outside counsel to the music
industry, specializing in statutory and nonstatutory licensing matters for
the use of sound recordings through new digital media. Before attending law
school, Greenstein was the Director of Planned Giving for The Wilderness
Society, a Washington, D.C. nonprofit conservation organization. Prior to
The Wilderness Society he was a Fiduciary Real Estate Asset Manager for
Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Company, a subsidiary of The Boston Company.
Greenstein is a 1996 graduate of the George Washington University Law School
and a 1987 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.
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