John Jeffrey
John Jeffrey is the General Counsel and Board Secretary at ICANN.[1] [2]
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| Country: | USA |
| Email: | john.jeffrey [at] icann.org |
| LinkedIn: |  [johnjeffrey John Jeffrey]
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Education
John holds a political science degree from the University of Dayton, and a law degree from Southwestern University School of Law.[3]
Career History
Jeffrey joined ICANN in 2003.He has worked with individuals, companies, non profit trusts in various capacities like litigator, corporate and intellectual property lawyer, and business executive.
Before he joined ICANN he worked at Silicon Valley Streaming Media/Internet radio start-up Live365, where he was the Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy and General Counsel. He managed the corporate and strategic development, at Live365. He was actively involved in helping to frame the issues and public discussion surrounding the US Copyright Offices’ Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel (CARP) relating to Digital Sound Recording Performance Royalties for Webcasting and helped lead a grassroots effort that resulted in the passing of copyright legislation relating to webcasting royalties for small webcasters. He also had his own media consulting business known as Point Break Media.[4]
He has also worked as the Director of Business and Legal Affairs at Discovery Communications, Inc. Before which, he worked at TCI Interactive as a General Counsel and Vice President of Business Matters. He has been a member of California, US Federal District Court since 1988.
Awards and Honors
In November 2002, John was recognized in the technology industry as #13 in Streaming Magazine's list of the 50 Most Influential People in Streaming Media.
Publications
Jeffery has published several articles. He has been interviewed and quoted in print and electronic media internationally on legal and business issues relating to media convergence and various Internet-related issues.[5]