So if I am getting this right:
Thursday the librarian of Congress was fired.
Friday the copyright office rushed out a draft report suggesting genAI training on copyrighted works shouldn’t be legal.
Saturday the head of the copyright office is fired.
“President Donald Trump continued a firing spree at the Library of Congress on Saturday when he dismissed the top copyright official in the nation”
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Trump fires top U.S. copyright official
Democrats are alleging foul play.
May 11, 2025 01:35How can Trump fire staff of the legislature? “Congress” is right in their titles.
So if I am getting this right:
Thursday the librarian of Congress was fired.
Friday the copyright office rushed out a draft report suggesting genAI training on copyrighted works shouldn’t be legal.
Saturday the head of the copyright office is fired.
Of course. The administration wants to save Elon Musk $B by giving him free information he can use to train his AI.
I'm only surprised it took him so long on the copyright stuff, given all the tech overlords that have greased his palms.
The evil, anti-American, theofascist regime wants to turn the Library of Congress into a far-right lunatic propaganda center.
Trump based this on BULLSHIT, citing Children safety, but CHILDREN ARE NOT ALLOWED TO GET BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS!
These are not obscure moves. These are targeted disruptions of institutions charged with protecting intellectual property and cultural integrity. And they’re happening in rapid succession under a cloud of silence.
The end of intellectual copyrights in the US?
speaking of firing the librarian of congress, how many phisical and digital copies of the books in the library of the congress exist?
More like Saturday the WH claimed to fire the head of copyright, something which they have no legal authority to do.
Open season for intellectual property infringement?
If you’re a woman or a person of color, you’re gone.
It’s pretty fucking overt.
and then they'll go and fire the heads of the US Patent Office and the US Trademark Office ..
These are the subtle signs, juuust visible around the edges, that let you know the fascist, kleptocratic takeover of the USA is pretty much a done deal.
Yep. Try resisting by normal means because it’s not going to work.
They are not playing by the old rules.
Dems need a big shift in their strategy if they are to succeed. Pseudo intellectualism isn’t going to help you. Nor are petty legal arguments.
Time to stand and be counted.
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There’s no way Trump is going to let people keep their jobs when women are in positions of authority, he has no idea what they do but he at least knows it has nothing to do with terrorizing Black and brown people.
Also appointed for a 10 year term that was to end next year.
Yes.
Competence, honesty, experience ... all reasons for firing in this excremental administration.
Huh?
They are going to start eliminating books and periodicals from the official record.