Maria Pallante, senior adviser to Librarian of Congress, named acting register...

Maria Pallante, senior adviser to Librarian of Congress, named acting register of copyrights, effective Jan. 1 … Copyright Alliance board names Sandra Aistars, ex-Time Warner, executive director … Lisa Miller leaving House Commerce Committee, where she was Republican counselor and communications director, effective Jan. 3 … MPAA hires Karen Thorland, ex-Loeb & Loeb, as vice president and senior content protection counsel effective Jan. 18, replacing Lisa Stone, leaving to raise her young children … Named senior vice presidents for Turner and SI digital ad sales: Ken Shapiro, promoted, and Larry Gelfand, ex-NHL … AOptix Technologies hires Earl Charles, ex-eMeter, as chief financial officer.