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The Copyright Coup: How One Firing Sparked a Legal War Over AI and Power
The U.S. Copyright Office was always a sleepy corner of government. It registered books and albums, advised Congress on niche copyright clauses, and rarely
In a more radical corner of the debate, Elon Musk has publicly backed a proposal by Jack Dorsey to eliminate intellectual property laws entirely, calling them obsolete in the AI era. Representative Joe Morelle of New York described the move as “a brazen, unprecedented power grab with no legal basis.” He and others suggested the firings were politically motivated, possibly aimed at reshaping copyright law to suit emerging AI interests. What started as a quiet shakeup has become a defining moment for the future of copyright, the limits of executive power, and the messy middle where human creativity meets artificial intelligence.
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