The Trump administration has dismissed Shira Perlmutter, the Register of Copyrights, shortly after the US Copyright Office released a pre-publication report addressing the fair use of copyrighted works in AI training data. The report highlighted that fair use depends on the specific circumstances of AI training and indicated potential limits when copyrighted works are used commercially to compete with original markets. Representative Joe Morelle criticized Perlmutter’s firing, viewing it as politically motivated due to her stance against unregulated AI use of copyrighted content. Legal experts noted the report’s nuanced stance on copyright law and expressed skepticism about the firing’s justification. Additionally, Trump also removed the Librarian of Congress the same day amid unrelated controversy.
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