The Motion Picture Association has hired Marissa Bostick as its new senior vice president and head of global litigation. She is responsible for overseeing global anti-piracy legal matters on behalf of the MPA, its Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment and its member companies.
Before joining the MPA, Bostick was deputy director for the counterfeit crimes unit at Amazon. Earlier in her career she was an assistant U.S. attorney in the criminal division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York. Bostick has served as a Fulbright Scholar on international criminal law, spending two years living in Eastern Europe. She also taught criminal law as a visiting law school professor in the U.S. and abroad.
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In her new role she’ll be based in Washington and report to Karyn Temple, the MPA’s senior executive vice president and global general counsel.
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“Fighting piracy and upholding the rule of law is a global enterprise — and Marissa possesses the experience, expertise, skillset, knowledge, and vision to elevate and expand our legal operations worldwide,” said Temple in a statement. “With Marissa helping make our case in the courts, our ACE and MPA teams will give studios, casts and crews another clear and strong voice working to protect content, defend copyrights, and preserve creativity everywhere we do business.”
Added Bostick, “I’m honored to join such a world-class team of content protection professionals, and I look forward to applying my previous experience in criminal infringement and civil litigation to address the global threat of digital piracy. Intellectual property rights are the backbone of the creative economy, and I am confident I can make a positive difference for content creators around the world.”
