Get the latest gossip
Writers Guild Of America East Calls For Reinstatement Of “Unlawfully Fired” Register Of Copyrights
Shira Perlmutter was fired over the weekend as Register of Copyrights
“The findings issued under Perlmutter’s authority stand in contrast to the opinion and financial interests of billionaires like Elon Musk and Sam Altman, Trump allies who own AI companies and want to freely steal copyrighted works to train their AI systems and undermine the dozens of copyright lawsuits against their companies.” Even though Todd Blanche has been named acting Librarian of Congress, there has been some pushback even among Republican lawmakers over the president’s efforts to seize control of the institution, per Politico. “This is a developing situation, and whether in fact Perlmutter’s firing was in retaliation for releasing the AI report is unclear,” the union stated.
Or read this on Deadline
