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Alex Alben was born on 1958 in New York, New York, United States, is an American technology executive and academic. Discover Alex Alben's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 66 years old?

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1980

After graduating Stanford University in 1980, Alben began his career working for CBS News in New York as a research assistant to anchorman Walter Cronkite.

He covered the 1980 Presidential campaign and the first Ronald Reagan inauguration.

Alben participated in Stanford University's undergraduate program in Arms Control in 1980 (A.B.) and received a J.D. from Stanford Law School in 1984.

He worked for Senator Claiborne Pell, Democrat of Rhode Island, on the Foreign Relations Committee and Senator John Culver, Democrat of Iowa, on the Armed Services Committee during the Senate's consideration of the SALT II treaty.

1981

In 1981, Alben worked on the controversial CBS Reports Documentary, "The Uncounted Enemy, A Vietnam Deception," which sparked a $100 Million libel suit between General William C. Westmoreland and CBS News.

1984

By this time, Alben had left CBS for Stanford Law School, where he graduated in 1984.

Alben's work at CBS and on "The Uncounted Enemy" documentary are cited in the Sam Adams biography, "Who The Hell Are We Fighting?"

1985

The suit settled in 1985, with no payment, but a statement from CBS that Westmoreland "had done his duty as he saw fit."

Alben began work in 1985 as an entertainment lawyer for the Beverly Hills, CA, firm of Rosenfeld, Meyer & Susman.

1993

He moved on to legal and business affairs for Orion Pictures and Warner Bros., before moving to the Seattle area in 1993.

1994

Adams's book, "War of Numbers," posthumously published in 1994, was the basis for the documentary.

2002

In testimony before the Senate in 2002 as Vice President of public policy for RealNetworks, Alben predicted that web video was evolving so rapidly that one day all television programs would be found on the Internet.

Along with record label and high tech executives, he participated in the founding of the Secure Digital Music Initiative and the Digital Media Association.

2004

Previously, he was a candidate for the United States House of Representatives in 2004, a campaign which drew national attention because of the high tech district and the media personalities involved in the race, as noted by media coverage in The New York Times, "In a House Campaign With Personality, One Candidate Has the Microphone," June 12, 2004.

He ran as a Democrat in the Eighth Congressional District of Washington.

Alben is the author of "Analog Days—How Technology Rewrote Our Future," and consults to public sector organizations, high tech and energy companies on privacy and security related matters.

He is the founder of Get Smart Software, LLC, and a lecturer at the UCLA School of Law, teaching courses on Privacy, Cybersecurity and Internet Law.

Artificial Intelligence, Antitrust and speech regulation on social media platforms are the focus of his current research and writing.

He is the co-director of THEAIFORUM.ORG

Prior to running for Congress in 2004, Alben served as General Counsel and V.P. Business Affairs for Starwave Corporation and head of government affairs for RealNetworks.

At Starwave, Alben worked on pioneering CD-ROM products and helped launch popular web sites such as ABCNews.com and ESPN.com.

As a RealNetworks Vice President, Alben worked on the "RealJukebox" music management project, which contributed to the proliferation of MP3 music files, both legally and illegally disseminated across the Internet.

On behalf of the technology industry, Alben testified before the U.S. Copyright Office, Senate Judiciary Committee and House Commerce Committee on the digital distribution of music and the importance of creating authorized channels for the distribution of Internet Radio and music downloads.

Alben's work as an entertainment attorney and as counsel for Starwave are explored in the book, "Free Culture," by Lawrence Lessig, Penguin Press, 2004, which describes Starwave's efforts to license digital rights for products such as a CD-ROM based on the film career of Clint Eastwood.

Alben is the author of a comedy-spy novel, Our Man in Mongoa, published by Charles Scribner%27s Sons.

Regarding Our Man in Mongoa, Publishers Weekly wrote: "Alben writes smoothly, with terrific pace and even better humor, which, deliciously deadpan, skewers even moving targets."

From 2005 to 2013, he has written opinion pieces about politics and media for The New York Times, Seattle Times and Seattle Post-Intelligencer. His initial editorial about his experience running for Congress, "Real Candidates Have Curves," appeared in The New York Times, Opinion, September 27, 2004.

Alben ran a centrist campaign, according to "September Primary A Necessary Vote," The Seattle Post Intelligencer, August 5, 2004, emphasizing his experience in the high tech world and his active participation in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and other issues affecting the software industry.

Alben won the endorsement of the Seattle Times, the Seattle Post Intelligencer and the King County Journal.

The Seattle Times, September 12, 2004, "The Times Endorses . . ."

"In The Northwest: Finding 8th District front-runner is no Dunn deal," By Joel Connelly, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 23, 2004.

During the course of the campaign, Alben publicly criticized radio talk show host Dave Ross, for remaining on his daily radio program, "The Dave Ross" show while actively fund-raising and campaigning as a candidate for federal office.

2006

C. Michael Haim, Steerforth Press, 2006.

2009

Since 2009, he has written a guest editorial column on media, technology and politics for "The Seattle Times."

2012

Alben's book, "Analog Days-- How Technology Rewrote Our Future" was published in 2012.

Stanford Law Professor Paul Goldstein commented: "In his new book, Alex Alben provides a first-person account of working at two of the pioneer companies that laid the groundwork for the modern web. His lively narrative covers the creation of ESPN.com and Starwave’s first-of-a-kind web services at a time when we were still rooted in the world of old media."

He was selected in 2012 for the speaker roster for Humanities Washington.

Alben's book, "Eliezer's Train and Family Tales- Tales of the Alben and Winokoor Families in the Old and New Worlds," was published in 2022.

He is a graduate of Palisades High School.

2015

Alex Alben (born New York City), American technology executive, author and law professor, served as the first Chief Privacy Officer of Washington State from April 2015 to May 2019.