Eric Priest

Resident Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School

Eric Priest is a Resident Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School, where he is an Asia regional expert on digital media, the Internet, and intellectual property issues, and oversees the center’s digital media initiatives in China.

Previously, Priest was an associate in the Trademark, Copyright and Brand Management Group at Dorsey & Whitney LLP. Before becoming a lawyer, he spent eight years in the music industry as a songwriter and producer with gold- and platinum-selling international releases on such labels as PolyGram and BMG. Priest also worked as a creative consultant to Rock Records in Beijing, China.

He holds a Masters in law from Harvard Law School and a J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Chicago-Kent Law Review. He speaks Mandarin Chinese, and, despite his obvious partiality for music, still loves a good film.