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Chaos At The Copyright Office: Trump’s Firing Of Register Shira Perlmutter Came After AI Report’s Release, Leaving Industry Wondering What’s Next


The Copyright Office was left in a state of chaos over who was in charge.

Rep. Joe Morelle (D-NY), the top Democrat on the Committee on House Administration, which oversees the library, said in a statement that Perlmutter’s firing is a “brazen, unprecedented power grab with no legal basis.” Entertainment attorney Aaron Moss, in his Copyright Lately blog, wrote, “For creators and rights holders pushing back against unauthorized AI training, it offers a detailed—and often forceful—rebuttal to sweeping fair use defenses.” Courts weigh a number of factors in judging whether the context of a work is fair use, so it was hardly surprising that the AI report did not establish bright lines over the use of copyrighted content.

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