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Ousted US copyright chief argues Trump did not have power to remove her

The Register · Lindsay Clark · last updated

The former head of the US Copyright Office has pushed back against arguments from President Donald Trump’s team that her dismissal was lawful.

Shira Perlmutter was ousted after the US Copyright Office released a report challenging the limits of the “fair use” defense used by AI companies to justify training their models on copyrighted material.

In a filing [PDF] to support her attempt to obtain a preliminary injunction this week, Perlmutter argued that her removal was unlawful and caused her immediate and irreparable harm. It said that by firing her, the Trump administration threatened her office’s ability to function in the manner that Congress intended.

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