US EditionTrump Fires US Copyright Chief After AI Fair Use Report
- Over the weekend in Washington D.C., the Trump administration dismissed Shira Perlmutter from her role as the head of the U.S. Copyright Office.
- Her termination followed shortly after the administration dismissed the leader of the Library of Congress, an action reported to be connected to opposition against AI-related copyright policy efforts.
- Perlmutter had recently overseen a report examining whether AI companies can legally use copyrighted works to train their systems, a study involving thousands of contributors across the creative industry.
- Rep. Joe Morelle condemned Perlmutter's dismissal as an unlawful and bold seizure of authority, highlighting that it occurred shortly after she declined to endorse Elon Musk's attempts to access large amounts of copyrighted content for AI training purposes.
- The firing drew criticism from copyright advocates who warned that removing Perlmutter risks undermining protections based on human creativity and could harm the copyright community broadly.
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