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Crew Union Calls for the Reinstatement of U.S. Copyright Office Head
The 170,000-plus-member union IATSE, which represents animators, editors and cinematographers alike, is the first major ...
Chaos At The Copyright Office: Trump's Firing Of Register Shira Perlmutter Came After AI Report's Release, Leaving Industry Wondering What's Next
Donald Trump’s abrupt firing of the head of the U.S. Copyright Office has generated confusion and doubt over his ability to ...
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Trump Cans Copyright Chief After She Warns AI May Not Be ‘Fair Use’
President Donald Trump fired Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter on Saturday, just a day after her office said AI ...
Trump's latest firing may have weakened the fight to protect copyrighted works from AI
Still, it did push back on the fair use loophole many AI firms have used to train their LLMs. “Making commercial use of vast ...
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'Will gravely harm': Trump just fired another agency head in 'unprecedented power grab'
The Trump administration reportedly fired the country's top copyright official, Shira Perlmutter, on Saturday, shortly after ...
Today’s “Take” in 60 seconds: May 13
Today’s “Take” covers Sean Combs' trial, Pres. Trump’s Mideast trip, Shira Perlmutter’s firing, Atlanta as top city to start a career.
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Elon Musk’s apparent power play at the Copyright Office completely backfired
What initially appeared to be a power play by Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to take over the ...
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The US Copyright Chief Was Fired After Raising Red Flags About AI Abuse
The next day, the agency's head, Shira Perlmutter, was fired — and the alarm bells are blaring. The report's findings were pretty straightforward. Basically, the report explained that using large ...