The Trump Administration fired Shira Perlmutter, the top copyright official in the US. The move comes two days after the White House fired Carla Hayden, the head of the Library of Congress, which maintains the Copyright Office. Hayden appointed Perlmutter to the position in 2020. Perlmutter received an email on Saturday reading, “your position as the Register of Copyrights and Director at the U.S. Copyright Office is terminated effective immediately,” the AP reports. As a presidential appointee, the executive branch has the power to dismiss the librarian of congress. The register of copyrights, however, is a legislative position. Congress could […]
