WASHINGTON, D.C.— An indication of just how urgent (or how out-of-hand, depending on your perspective) the concern has become over file-sharing was President Barack Obama’s recent appointment of the first so-called copyright czar in the nation’s history.

The new czar — Victoria Espinel, the U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement coordinator — visited the Future of Music Policy Summit on Tuesday and offered a brief summation of what’s on her agenda. She represents an administration that is showing troubling signs of skewing toward established corporate interests and 20th Century business models and legal practices at a time when technology has fundamentally changed the way fans consume music and interact with artists.