By Kevin McCauley
Viacom, which has filed a $1B copyright infringement suit against Google’s YouTube, has recruited Daniel Mandil, chief anti-piracy official at the Motion Picture Assn. of America to oversee its legal efforts.
He starts April 1, according to a report in The Hollywood Reporter. Mandil, who exits MPAA as senior executive VP, joined the group in 2009 from Sony BMG.
Earlier, he was a partner at Covington & Burling. At Viacom, he will report to Michael Fricklas, general counsel.
MPAA, last month, promoted Mike Robinson to the executive VP, content protection, chief of operations. It also named Kevin Suh to the senior VP, content protection, Internet position.
The movie trade group is looking for a replacement for ex-chief Dan Glickman. Bob Pisano serves as interim CEO.
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