Karyn Temple
Senior Executive Vice President & Global General Counsel,
Motion Picture Association
Senior Executive Vice President & Global General Counsel,
Motion Picture Association
Karyn A. Temple is Senior Executive Vice President and Global General Counsel for the Motion
Picture Association. One of the world’s leading authorities on copyright, Ms. Temple oversees all of
the Association’s legal affairs and content protection efforts around the world.
Prior to joining the Motion Picture Association, Ms. Temple served more than eight years in the U.S.
Copyright Office, most recently as the Register of Copyrights, where she led the 400-person agency
and its eight divisions. Prior to leading the U.S. Copyright Office, Ms. Temple headed its Office of
Policy and International Affairs, as well as served in policy and litigation roles at the U.S. Department
of Justice; she most recently served in the Obama Administration as Senior Counsel to the Deputy
Attorney General of the United States.
Ms. Temple received her J.D. from Columbia University School of Law and her B.A. in English from
the University of Michigan.
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February 5, 2024 | 3:15pm - 4:00pm PT