President Trump FIRES Top Copyright Official

President Trump just abruptly fired top copyright official Shira Perlmutter via email.

This comes just a few days after he fired the Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden. The U.S. Copyright Office, which Perlmutter was in charge of, is a branch of the Library of Congress.

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Politico reported:

President Donald Trump continued a firing spree at the Library of Congress on Saturday when he dismissed the top copyright official in the nation — a position traditionally overseen by the legislative branch.

The White House contacted Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter Saturday afternoon informing her that her job leading the U.S. Copyright Office had been “terminated,” according to internal Library of Congress communications obtained by POLITICO.

Federal law provides that the Register of Copyrights be appointed by and supervised by the Librarian of Congress, which is a position that requires presidential nomination and Senate confirmation. The previous Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden, was fired Thursday by the White House with no reason provided in a two sentence email.

Recently, Shira Perlmutter published a report examining whether AI companies should be able to let their models learn from media, like books and movies, already available online.

She was dragged over the rails by critics who said blocking such technology from training on materials published on the internet would stunt AI growth and innovation.

Mario Nawfal explained:

🇺🇸TRUMP FIRES COPYRIGHT CHIEF AFTER SHE STALLS AI INNOVATION

Trump has removed the head of the U.S. Copyright Office after she questioned whether AI models should be allowed to learn from books, music, and art already available online.

Critics say she was blocking innovation… https://t.co/Bf5OPIs87Z pic.twitter.com/34vEirL1bv

— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) May 11, 2025

Fox News has more details:

Perlmutter’s office recently released a report examining whether artificial intelligence companies can use copyrighted materials to “train” their AI systems.

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The report followed a review that started in 2023 with opinions from thousands of individuals, including AI developers, actors and country singers.

The Copyright Office clarified its approach in January, as one based on the “centrality of human creativity” in authoring a work that warrants copyright protections. The Copyright Office takes in about a half a million copyright applications each year, covering millions of creative works.

“Where that creativity is expressed through the use of AI systems, it continues to enjoy protection,” Perlmutter said in January. “Extending protection to material whose expressive elements are determined by a machine… would undermine rather than further the constitutional goals of copyright.”

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