The Trump administration has fired the head of the U.S.
Copyright Office, two sources familiar with the situation confirmed to CBS News Saturday.
"Not everyone agrees that further increases in data and test performance will necessarily lead to continued real world improvements in utility.".
Perlmutter had held the position since October 2020, during the first Trump Administration.
She was appointed to the post by now former Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, who herself was fired by President Trump on Thursday.
Copyright Office, which has a staff of approximately 450 people, is a department of the Library of Congress.
It is tasked with registering copyright claims, recording copyright ownership information and administering copyright law, among other things. »