TransMedia, the innovation leader in online media content and information management technology, announces that Charles J. Hausman, Anti-Piracy Counsel for the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), has joined its Board of Directors. Mr. Hausman's expertise regarding copyright ownership and sound recording piracy, and the distribution of media content on the Internet, will be extremely valuable to TransMedia and its customers.
"TransMedia is fortunate to have attracted a person of Chuck's caliber and reputation. Given his experience and knowledge in the online music space and the recording and publishing industries, Chuck's appointment to our board is particularly relevant and reassuring to our clients, content providers and stockholders," commented Donald Leka, President and CEO of TransMedia.
"I am very intrigued by TransMedia's forward-thinking business model and impressed with how their integrated technology addresses the marketing, management, licensing, and security needs of both content providers as well as content users," commented Mr. Hausman.
Prior to becoming Anti-Piracy Counsel for the RIAA, Mr. Hausman represented a number of recording artists and record labels including Skunk Records. Mr. Hausman became in-house counsel to the RIAA in 1999 and during his tenure he has worked on many significant cases, including the high profile Napster case. Federal Judge Marilyn Hall Patel cited a study done by Mr. Hausman in her appellate decision. Mr. Hausman graduated Tulane University Business School with a major in Finance and accounting. In 1996 He graduated Southwestern School of Law.
TransMedia develops online solutions that provide universal access to media assets and information and create compatibility between businesses to preview and share media. TransMedia's technology delivers significant time and cost savings for clients over traditional methods of sourcing, managing, previewing and sharing audio, video, images and documents. By working closely with media intensive companies, TransMedia solutions have been built with client design specs ensuring market relevance and the delivery of benefits to the client. TransMedia licenses its browser based media applications to Fortune 1000 corporations, advertising, broadcast and cable, film, publishing and other media intensive industries.