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May 13, 2025

Trump Fires Copyright Office Chief After Report on Dangers of AI 
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President Trump has fired the head of the U.S. Copyright Office, Shira
Perlmutter. Perlmutter's office had just released a report warning of
the risks of using generative AI on copyrighted creative materials. Her
firing comes just days after Trump fired the woman who hired her:
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden. 


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