Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter & CEO of Square, attends crypto-currency conference in Miami on … More June 4, 2021. (Photo by MARCO BELLO) AFP via Getty Images When Jack Dorsey tweeted “Delete all IP law,” and Elon Musk endorsed the idea, the music biz dismissed it as idle and provocative nonsense, flexing a collective
In a heated legal battle, a federal judge on Wednesday denied a request to temporarily halt the Trump administration’s efforts to remove Shira Perlmutter as the director of the US Copyright Office. US District Judge Timothy Kelly ruled that Perlmutter, appointed as Register of Copyrights in October 2020, failed to demonstrate how her removal
A federal judge declined to issue an order that would immediately prevent the Trump administration from firing the register of copyrights and head of the U.S. Copyright Office, Shira Perlmutter. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly denied Perlmutter’s motion for a temporary restraining order, a move that would have put the Trump administration’s efforts to dismiss
The Writers Guild of America East is calling for the reinstatement of the Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter, tying her dismissal by the Trump administration to a release of a report on AI and copyright. The WGAE said that Perlmutter was “unlawfully fired,” and noted that it came after the release of a report that
U.S. President Donald Trump has removed Shira Perlmutter, Director of the U.S. Copyright Office, days after the agency released a federal report raising concerns about the use of copyrighted material in AI training. The dismissal was confirmed by CBS News and Politico. Trump also removed Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, who appointed Perlmutter in 2020.
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning , Litigation , Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development Perlmutter Out After Draft Report Calls Fair Use Into Question for AI Training Rashmi Ramesh (rashmiramesh_) • May 13, 2025 Image: DCStockPhotography/Shutterstock The Trump administration fired Shira Perlmutter as register of copyrights on Saturday, a day after her office said
As first reported by , 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
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has fired the nation’s top copyright official, Shira Perlmutter, days after abruptly terminating the head of the Library of Congress, which oversees the U.S. Copyright Office. The office said in a statement Sunday that Perlmutter received an email from the White House a day earlier with the notification that
President Donald Trump has fired Shira Perlmutter, who leads the U.S. Copyright Office. The firing was reported by CBS News and Politico, and seemingly confirmed by a statement from Representative Joe Morelle, the top Democrat on the Committee for House Administration. “Donald Trump’s termination of Register of Copyrights, Shira Perlmutter, is a brazen, unprecedented power