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Appeals court blocks Trump's firing of Copyright Office director
The panel found the register of copyrights sits in the legislative branch, so the president could not remove her unilaterally; the firing came a day after her AI-training report.
Courts & copyright · Government & policy
Trump administration fires US Copyright Office director days after AI training report
Perlmutter says she was fired by email a day after her office's report questioned whether training on pirated or scraped works is always fair use; she sues, calling the removal unlawful.
Courts & copyright · Government & policy
Copyright Office says AI outputs need human creative control to be copyrightable
Part 2 of the Copyright Office's three-part AI report found prompting alone does not establish authorship, but human selection or modification of AI output can be protected.
Courts & copyright