Published on: 2025-07-14 12:37:19
A day after the US Copyright Office dropped a bombshell pre-publication report challenging artificial intelligence firms' argument that all AI training should be considered fair use, the Trump administration fired the head of the Copyright Office, Shira Perlmutter—sparking speculation that the controversial report hastened her removal. Tensions have apparently only escalated since. Now, as industry advocates decry the report as overstepping the office's authority, social media posts on Monday d
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-14 18:56:46
As first reported by Politico , the Trump administration has fired the Register of Copyrights and US Copyright Office Director, Shira Perlmutter. The Register of Copyrights works under the Librarian of Congress — a title held most recently by Carla Hayden, who was fired earlier this week for her DEI efforts, as White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told The New York Times . Perlmutter's dismissal comes just after the office released a report that raised concerns about certain uses of copy
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-15 17:40:14
Earlier this week, the US Copyright Office issued a massive report in part expressing support for content creators and raising concerns about how artificial intelligence systems utilize copyrighted material in training. On Saturday, the head of that office, Shira Perlmutter, was fired by Donald Trump, according to CBS News. The firing also followed Trump’s axing of Carla Hayden, the head of the Library of Congress, of which the US Copyright Office is one department. Perlmutter had served as the
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