Trump Fires Copyright Office Chief

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Trump fires head of Copyright Office two days following report that AI training may not be fair use

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Shira Perlmutter , head of the US Copyright Office , reportedly fired after report on AI training may not be fair use.

Law professor Blake Reid called the report a “straight-ticket loss for the AI companies” The day the report was released, President Trump also fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden , whose department the Copyright Office is part of.

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https://www.copyright.gov/ai/https://www.npr.org/2025/05/09/nx-s1-5393737/carla-hayden-fired-library-of-congress-trump https://bsky.app/profile/chup.blakereid.org/post/3lot4lyohls2m https://www.copyright.gov/ai/Copyright-and-Artificial-Intelligence-Part-3-Generative-AI-Training-Report-Pre-Publication-Version.pdf https://bsky.app/profile/mrose.ink/post/3lou4ih2cs22e https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-11-at-10.08.11%E2%80%AFAM-1.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0,2.6963840399003,100,94.607231920199 https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/09/20/mike-davis-trump-potential-attorney-general-profile-00179358 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-fires-director-of-u-s-copyright-office-shira-perlmutter-sources/https://bsky.app/profile/chup.blakereid.org/post/3lot4e7onuk2m https://truthsocial.com/@mrddmia/114486249003156970 https://democrats-cha.house.gov/media/press-releases/morelles-statement-abrupt-firing-shira-perlmutter-register-copyrights

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