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Anti-piracy advocate Kim Williams named as new chairman of Copyright Agency

June 30, 2015 12:48

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Former News Corp CEO and outspoken critic of the piracy Kim Williams has been named as the new chairman of the Copyright Agency.

The move sees Williams replace Sandy Grant who has chaired the not for profit organisation for the last five years, and reunite with former News Corp corporate affairs head Adam Suckling who is taking over as CEO of the organisation.

In a 2012 speech the then head of News Corp labelled the downloading of TV shows and movies as “scumbag theft” and accused ad servers of failing to stop advertising being served on sites which support it.

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Alex Hayes worked for Mumbrella from 2013 to 2017 in roles including editor and head of Mumbrella Bespoke.

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