Motion Picture Association of America and Recording Industry Association of America, Amici Curiae
Seth P. Waxman, Counsel of Record
The Motion Picture Association of America is a trade association founded in 1922 to represent the motion picture industry. The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade association founded in 1952 to represent the American recording industry. Seth P. Waxman is a partner with the law firm WilmerHale, where he chairs the appellate and Supreme Court litigation group. He served as U.S. solicitor general from 1998 to 2001. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Respondent as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on September 7, 2012. Enacted to “promote the Progress of Science and…
