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7. She stood her ground on AI vs copyright law

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Oct 27, 2025, 05:26 PM

Oct 27

Since Trump takes bribes from the AI heavy hitters, of course he will do their bidding and get rid of someone standing in their way.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/12/uk-ai-copyright-trump-blockchain-india-pakistan

...."The register of copyrights, Shira Perlmutter, was sacked after she issued a report questioning AI companies’ growing need for more data and casting doubt on their expressed need to circumvent current copyright laws.

In a statement, the New York Democratic representative Joe Morelle pointed specifically to Trump’s booster-in-chief, Elon Musk, as a motivator for Perlmutter’s firing: “Donald Trump’s termination of register of copyrights, Shira Perlmutter, is a brazen, unprecedented power grab with no legal basis. It is surely no coincidence he acted less than a day after she refused to rubber-stamp Elon Musk’s efforts to mine troves of copyrighted works to train AI models.”...(more)

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Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to allow it to fire head of US Copyright Office [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Oct 27 OP

Jeezus, what havoc is he planning there? Joinfortmill Oct 27 #1

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She stood her ground on AI vs copyright law Tanuki Oct 27 #7

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And of course, GOP in Congress are silent on the issue mdbl Oct 27 #10

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