Says critics of the meeting, which brought together leading govt officials and entertainment industry heavyweights with absolutely no presence from public interest groups, are “dead wrong,” and that other groups can have their own meeting if they wish. Earlier this week I mentioned how Vice President Joe Biden convened a piracy summit at the White House with Hollywood CEOs, music industry execs, and legal experts for what was billed as a “first of its kind” meeting to “bring together all the stakeholders to discuss ways to combat piracy in this rapidly changing technological age” ( full guest list ). Attorney General Eric Holder, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, FBI director Robert Mueller, and the new Anti-Piracy Czar Victoria Espinel joined Sony’s Michael Lynton (the same guy who said last May that he’s a “guy who doesn’t see anything good having come from the Internet,” and more recently that CAMs are ruing the movie biz) , Warner Bros.’ Barry Meyer, Viacom’s Philippe Dauman, NBC Universal’s Jeffrey Zucker, Warner Music Group’s Edgar Bronfman, Harper Collins CEO Brian Murray, Universal Music Group’s Zachary Horowitz, MPAA’s Dan Glickman, and the RIAA’s Mitch Bainwol.

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MPAA Defends WH Piracy Discussion