Jon Potter, Entrepreneurial Attorney and Advocate

Jon Potter is an Entrepreneurial Attorney and advocate who
has been helping clients accomplish business and public policy
goals for more than 20 years. In January 2010 Potter launched RPG
Strategies, a boutique consulting firm that develops advocacy
campaigns and organizations and provides strategic public and
government affairs support. From 1998 until 2009 Potter founded
and led the Digital Media Association. On behalf of Amazon.com,
iTunes, Rhapsody, Pandora and many other members, Potter led
successful industry efforts to modernize copyright law and ensure
– through negotiation, arbitration, legislation and the
SaveNetRadio campaign – fair royalties for Internet-based
entertainment services.


Prior to DiMA, Potter represented technology companies with
regard to copyright and related legislation, including the Audio
Home Recording Act, the Digital Millenium Copyright Act and the
Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act. Potter is an
accomplished public speaker who has testified before Congress and
regulatory agencies many times. He was named a Top Technology
Lobbyist by Legal Times and an “Unsung Hero of the Internet” by
Interactive Week magazine.  Jon Potter is also the President
of the Fan Freedom Project. Fan Freedom Project is a
consumer education and advocacy group that promotes and protects
the interests of live event customers. FFP is particularly
focused on consumer ticketing rights, and ensuring that consumers
own the tickets they purchase and have all rights associated with
ownership.