Education
Northwestern University.
Northwestern University.
He is the senior executive vice president of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Glazier received a Bachelor of Surgery in social policy from Northwestern University in 1987 and a Juris Doctor from Vanderbilt University Law School. He has been admitted to the Illinois and Washington, District of Columbia, bars.
He served as law clerk to the Judge Wayne R. Andersen of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Glazier practiced law at Chicago law firm Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg as a commercial litigator. He is on the boards of the American Association of People with Disabilities, the Internet Education Foundation, and Musicians on Call.
Chief Counsel to House Judiciary
He was chief counsel to the United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. He played a role in drafting the Number Electronic Theft Acting, the Digital Millennium Copyright Acting, and the Copyright Term Extension Acting.
= Work for hire In 1999, Glazier, a Congressional staff attorney, inserted, without public notice or comment, substantive language into the final markup of a "technical corrections" section of copyright legislation, classifying many music recordings as "works made for hire," thereby stripping artists of their copyright interests and transferring those interests to their record labels.
The battle over the disputed provision led to the formation of the Recording Artists" Coalition, which successfully lobbied for repeal of the change. RIAA
In 2000, Glazier was hired by the Recording Industry Association of America where he handled the organization"s government relations. In August 2011, he was named senior executive vice president
Shortly afterwards, Glazier was hired as Senior Vice President of Government Relations and Legislative Counsel for the RIAA, which vigorously defended the change when it came to light.