Trump reportedly fires head of US copyright office after release of AI report
by José Olivares from US news | The Guardian on (#6X7JE)
Dismissal of Shira Perlmutter follows firing of librarian of Congress, which oversees copyright office
The Trump administration reportedly fired the head of the US copyright office over the weekend - within days of the dismissed official having published a report about how the development of artificial intelligence technology could run afoul of fair use law.
The sacking of Shira Perlmutter as the register of copyrights and director of the copyrights office on Saturday, as reported by the Washington Post and NBC News, came two days after Donald Trump fired the librarian of Congress, who oversees the copyright office.
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