Trump Fires Copyright Office Head Amid AI Debate
Why did Donald Trump fire Shira Perlmutter, the head of the U.S. Copyright Office, who had been in place since 2020? Observers in the United States see it as retaliation against her positions, which were considered too favorable to copyright protection in the context of artificial intelligence (AI). “The speed with which she was dismissed, on Saturday, May 10, only a few hours after the publication of a preliminary report clearly defending a balanced position that one can innovate in AI but without trampling on rights, suggests that there is a direct link,” explains legal scholar Alexandra Bensamoun.
The university professor places this dismissal within a “series of signals” hostile to copyright and author’s rights in AI. Ms. Bensamoun is participating in the drafting of a second report on the subject for the government, which is expected to be published on Wednesday, May 14, while Rachida Dati was scheduled to discuss AI with her European counterparts on Tuesday, during a council of culture ministers in Brussels, where the issue still creates tensions.
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