Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to allow it to fire head of US Copyright Office

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Source: Associated Press

POLITICS
Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to allow it to fire head of US Copyright Office

BY MARK SHERMAN
Updated 2:42 PM EDT, October 27, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Monday asked the Supreme Court to allow it to fire the director of the U.S. Copyright Office.

The administration’s newest emergency appeal to the high court was filed a month and a half after a federal appeals court in Washington held that the official, Shira Perlmutter, could not be unilaterally fired. … Nearly four weeks ago, the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit refused to reconsider that ruling.

The case is the latest that relates to Trump’s authority to install his own people at the head of federal agencies. The Supreme Court has largely allowed Trump to fire officials, even as court challenges proceed.

But this case concerns an office that is within the Library of Congress. Perlmutter is the register of copyrights and also advises Congress on copyright issues.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-trump-copyrights-firing-congress-54c8b178411fa0f831c55893fb41c6de

[Joinfortmill]

1. Jeezus, what havoc is he planning there?

[IbogaProject]

2. Solicting bribes

That is most of his work this term is making the Federal Government pay to play.

[NYC Liberal]

9. His billionaire cronies have tons of money invested in AI

and they need to be allowed to steal people's work to make money. As of now they've ruled that AI trained on copyrighted works can be infringement.

[Javaman]

13. can't rec this post enough! nt

[littlemissmartypants]

3. Oh sure, what the hell...

Just f^ck all entrepreneurs alive and all the business owners alive and Hedy Lamarr in her grave and Hedda Gabler while they're at it.

[Orrex]

4. After Trump installs his lackeys, what do you want to bet..

that the Roberts SCOTUS will later rule that a Dem president has no authority to hire & fire?

[BurnDoubt]

6. It helps to be in The Club.

[JoseBalow]

5. All roads lead to drumpf's pockets

[Tanuki]

7. She stood her ground on AI vs copyright law

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)

[highplainsdem]

8. Yes. This is about the AI companies trying to legalize their theft of the world's intellectual property.

[mdbl]

10. And of course, GOP in Congress are silent on the issue

Since they don't care about the rule of law.

[popsdenver]

11. I always thought

that Michelle Obama should have sued Melania for plagiarizing her speeches........

Trump knows Melania dodged a bullet on that one, and doesn't want it to happen ever again........

Trump didn't worry about his followers realizing it was Michelle's speech, because he knew that Michelle's speech would never be broadcast on Fox News........

[JohnnyRingo]

12. Looking for a job for Barron?

It's good he learns the value of a hard day of grifting.