M.E. Hart is an attorney-actor, who is best known for his role as “MC Double Def DP” in the Software Publishers Association anti-piracy video, Don’t Copy That Floppy

Don't Copy That Floppy

Don’t Copy That Floppy was an anti-copyright infringement campaign run by the Software Publishers Association beginning in 1992. The video for the campaign, starring M. E. Hart as “MC Double Def DP,” was filmed at Cardozo High School in Washington, D.C...

, released in 1992, and its sequel, Don't Copy That 2, which was uploaded to the SIIA Youtube page on August 17, 2009, and then released on September 9, 2009.

Hart studied at the University of Kentucky

University of Kentucky

The University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public co-educational university and is one of the state's two land-grant universities, located in Lexington, Kentucky...

 and received his bachelor's degree in Russian language

Russian language

Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...

 and his law degree there. Hart received a CPD certificate in Senior Executive Leadership from Georgetown University

Georgetown University

Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...

. He had numerous positions in law and education, including Attorney/Producer at the Federal Judicial Center

Federal Judicial Center

The Federal Judicial Center is the education and research agency of the United States federal courts. It was established by an Act of Congress in 1967, at the recommendation of the Judicial Conference of the United States....

, Legal Advisor to the Director of the Office of Human Rights

Council of the District of Columbia

The Council of the District of Columbia is the legislative branch of the local government of the District of Columbia. As permitted in the United States Constitution, the District is not part of any U.S. state and is instead overseen directly by the federal government...

 in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

, and Equal Employment Opportunity Investigator for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia

Superior Court of the District of Columbia

The Superior Court of the District of Columbia is the local trial court for the District of Columbia. It hears cases involving criminal and civil law. The court also handles specialized cases in the following areas: family court, landlord and tenant, probate, tax, and traffic offenses...

. He also was an actor with the Washington, D.C. Arena Stage

Arena Stage

Arena Stage is a not-for-profit regional theater based in Southwest Washington, D.C. Its declared mission"is to produce huge plays of all that is passionate, exuberant, profound, deep and dangerous in the American spirit. Arena has broad shoulders and a capacity to produce anything from vast epics...

 theatre company for six years.

, Hart is Vice President of Organizational Performance at
Strategic Interactions, a company which provides “live, simulation-based training and related services,” according to its Web site.

External links

• Filmography for M.E. Hart