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Trump Fires US Copyright Chief After AI Fair Use Report
- The Trump administration terminated Shira Perlmutter, director of the U.S. Copyright Office, on Saturday, shortly after removing Carla Hayden from her role as Librarian of Congress.
- Perlmutter's firing occurred amid a purge targeting officials opposing the president's agenda and happened less than a day after she refused to approve Elon Musk's efforts to use copyrighted works for AI training.
- Perlmutter had led a comprehensive 2023 review on AI and copyright, incorporating input from developers, actors, and musicians, culminating in a report examining the legality of AI companies using copyrighted works for model training.
- Rep. Joe Morelle condemned the dismissal of Shira Perlmutter as an aggressive and unjustified abuse of authority, while the American Federation of Musicians lauded her extensive expertise and criticized the move as detrimental to the interests of the copyright community.
- This event suggests increased tension over AI's use of copyrighted material and may unsettle the copyright system by removing a leader who emphasized human creativity as central to copyright protection.
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Copyright office criticizes AI ‘fair use’ before director’s dismissal
President Donald Trump’s firing over the weekend of Shira Perlmutter, director of the U.S. Copyright Office, has drawn strong criticism from Democrats and tech experts who believe her dismissal is related to a report on generative AI and copyright law that the register of copyrights released a day earlier. That report, overseen by Perlmutter, questioned whether AI companies can legally train their models on massive amounts of copyrighted data wi…
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