Trump's Firing Of Register Shira Perlmutter Came
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Shira Perlmutter, who has served as Register of Copyrights since 2020, was informed Saturday afternoon that her employment had been “terminated.”
What initially appeared to be a power play by Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to take over the US Copyright Office by having Donald Trump remove the officials in charge has now backfired in spectacular fashion, as Trump’s acting replacements are known to be unfriendly — and even downright hostile — to the tech industry.
Rep. Joe Morelle has denounced President Trump’s removal of Shira Perlmutter as an unprecedented power grab, suggesting it followed a report that found that AI companies sometimes breach copyright law
The Association of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP) has announced that Shira Perlmutter, Register of Copyrights and Director of the U.S. Copyright Office, will serve as the keynote speaker at the 2