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Copyright Office head asks Supreme Court to keep her in role - Roll Call

Filing is the latest battle in war over whether the head of copyright office can remain in office despite Trump firing her.

Roll Call · Nov 10, 2025

Supreme Court asked to allow removal of Copyright Office head - Roll Call

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to allow the removal of Shira Perlmutter as Copyright Office head.

Roll Call · Oct 27, 2025

Appeals court halts firing of Copyright Office head Shira Perlmutter - Roll Call

A federal appeals court ordered Shira Perlmutter reinstated Wednesday as the register of copyrights at the Library of Congress.

Roll Call · Sep 10, 2025

"Art is dead, dude. It’s over. AI won. Humans lost": A controversial artist is reportedly losing millions of dollars because the US Copyright Office refused to register his AI-generated collection — it lacks 'human authorship'

AI artist Jason M. Allen expressed his frustrations over losing millions of dollars to people who stole his AI-generated work. He is seeking the US Copyright Office to reconsider its ruling and copyright his AI-generated collection.

Windows Central · Oct 2, 2024

Copyright Office: No Copyright Protection for Certain AI-Generated Works

Law from the dawn of the dawn of the AI age.

Reason · Feb 23, 2023

No, you can’t copyright images made by A.I., says the U.S. Copyright Office

A recent decision by the U.S. Copyright Office said that art created by A.I. tools would not receive copyright protections.

Fortune · Feb 23, 2023

Michael Hiltzik: These historic works are coming free from copyright. Why did it take so long?

It's well understood that Sherlock Holmes dispatched his great nemesis, Professor Moriarty, to his death in the 1893 story "The Final Problem," but not until this New Year's Day does the fictional detective shed the shackles that have bound him to an even longer-lived nemesis: the complexities of copyright law.

Los Angeles Times · Dec 30, 2022

No Copyright in AI-Created Works, Says Copyright Office

From a Copyright Review Board decision (Re: Second Request for Reconsideration for Refusal to Register A Recent Entrance to Paradise) last week: On November 3, 2018, Thaler filed an application to register a copyright claim in the Work. The author of the Work was identified as the "Creativity Machine," with…

Reason · Feb 22, 2022