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New co-chairs of IPA Copyright Committee named
The new co-chairs of the International Publishers Association’s Copyright Committee have been announced as Catriona MacLeod Stevenson from the Publishers Association UK, and Lui Simpson from the Association of American Publishers (AAP).
The pair succeed Jessica Sänger from Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels as chair of IPA’s main body dealing with copyright policy issues. The Copyright Committee facilitates the exchange of information on local developments between IPA members as well as providing support on consultation processes and leading IPA’s engagement at the World Intellectual Property Organization.
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Sänger said: “It has been an honour to chair this important committee, especially at a time when artificial intelligence has exploded. My deepest thanks go to all my colleagues on the committee for their support and engagement and I look forward to working with Lui and Catriona who, I have no doubt, will lead the committee exceptionally well.”
MacLeod Stevenson, general counsel and deputy CEO of the Publishers Association, said: “IPA’s members face a range of copyright challenges in their markets at a generationally important moment in which we need to tackle the unlicensed use of copyright protected works by generative AI platforms. I am looking forward to working with Lui and the IPA team to champion the global importance of strong copyright laws and enforcement frameworks."
Simpson, executive-vice president for global policy at AAP, said: “We thank Jessica for her excellent leadership of the IPA Copyright Committee over the past five years. Through the work of the Copyright Committee, IPA has ably supported its members and engaged around the world on the vital issues that affect publishers.”
