Patrick Ross

Patrick Ross has been analyzing, writing and speaking about the digital economy since 1995, following service on Capitol Hill for Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) and several years as a freelance feature writer and editor.

He is the co-founder and executive editor of the Copyright Alliance (www.copyrightalliance.org), a federation of unions, corporations, trade associations and individual artists from across all creative industries, including motion pictures; music and compositions; book, magazine and newspaper publishing; business and videogame software; photography and illustrations; amateur and professional sports leagues; and social-networking sites and high-technology companies. He is also the Chairman of the Copyright Alliance Education Foundation (www.copyrightfoundation.org), a charitable non-profit providing free educational resources to K-12 schools.

Mr. Ross focuses on the nexus of technology, policy, commerce and consumer demand in the digital economy. His areas of study have included the introduction and adoption of new technologies and services, wired and wireless broadband deployment, social networking, cybersecurity, online gaming, and intellectual property.

For ten years he covered Capitol Hill, the White House and independent regulatory agencies as a nine-time award-winning reporter. He was a reporter and editor of Communications Daily and Washington Internet Daily and the first Washington Bureau Chief of CNET News.com.

Following his reporting career, Mr. Ross was a scholar in residence at a D.C.-based think tank. He served as a senior fellow and vice president at The Progress & Freedom Foundation.

He co-founded the Copyright Alliance in May of 2007, and works with artists and creators around the globe in defense of their rights. He promotes their cause before Capitol Hill and the Bush and Obama Administrations. He also works with educators across the United States on the incorporation of curricula regarding artists' rights in K-12 classrooms.

Mr. Ross has been interviewed as a digital policy expert on C-SPAN, CNN, CNBC, NPR, Fox Business Channel and other media, and has been profiled and quoted in dozens of magazines, newspapers and online publications including but not limited to The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, The San Jose Mercury News, The Washington Post, The Associated Press, Reuters, Dow Jones, The Guardian, U.S. News & World Report, The New Republic, Wired Magazine, Industry Standard, Red Herring, Chronicle of Higher Education, Politico, PC Magazine, National Journal, Variety, and The Hollywood Reporter.

He speaks frequently before trade shows, academic symposia and industry events, such as The Consumer Electronics Show, South by Southwest, The Tech Policy Summit, the World Copyright Summit, and Digital Hollywood.