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The Trump Administration Is Threatening IP

This was early in Trump’s second term, when tech titans had the President’s ear. Next thing you know, President Trump fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden on May 8, 2025, and Shira Perlmutter—the Register of Copyrights—was dismissed days later. Multiple reports note that observers and lawmakers linked the timing to the Copyright Office’s AI report, which seems likely if not at least suspicious. 

TechBytes

Don't Scapegoat the Servers

Let's be clear about what a data center is: critical infrastructure. It's the physical home of the digital services we rely on. If policymakers are serious about economic competitiveness, they should treat data centers the way they treat all critical infrastructure.

TradeBytes

Retaliation, on the Rocks

The EU could reinstate its 25% retaliatory tariff on bourbon today, or at any point in the future. And when the EU tariffs American bourbon, we don’t pay more for bourbon—they do. But we sell less of it to them. In other words, we’re both harmed.

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