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ACLU of Tennessee lawsuit looks to stop book bans in Rutherford County
The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee filed a lawsuit April 16 against the Rutherford County Board of Education in response to the banning and restriction of more than 140 books from school libraries in that Tennessee county. The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court Middle District of Tennessee at Nashville, was brought on […]
Book bound in the skin of a 19th-century Suffolk murderer goes on display
A second copy of a book bound in the skin of a notorious 19th-century murderer is now on display at a Suffolk museum. However, Horrible Histories creator Terry Deary has told the Guardian that the volume is a "particularly sick" artefact which "shouldn't be on display".
AAP files amicus brief in Meta AI copyright case
The Association of American Publishers filed an amicus brief on April 11 supporting authors in their class action lawsuit against Meta for copyright infringement related to AI training. The brief argues that Meta's use of copyrighted works to train its LLaMA AI model fails to meet fair use standards and contradicts the company's claims that […]
Mississippi orders deletion of race and gender databases in state libraries
The Mississippi library commission, which offers services such as specialized research assistance to libraries in the state, has ordered the deletion of two research collections: the race relations database and the gender studies database. The collections were stored in what's called the Magnolia database, which is used by publicly funded schools, libraries, universities and state […]
Majority of attempts to ban books in US come from organised groups not parents
A large majority of attempts to ban books in the US last year came from organised groups rather than parents. 72% of demands to censor books were initiated by pressure groups, government entities and elected officials, board members and administrators, reported the American Library Association (ALA). Just 16% of ban attempts were made by parents, […]
The ALA sues over the scuppering of the IMLS
The American Library Association (ALA) and the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), whose members include museum and library workers nationwide, have sued over what the ALA called, in a release, "the Trump administration's gutting of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)." Among the defendants are Keith Sonderling, in his […]
Being a librarian was already hard. Then came the Trump administration
For many librarians, the stakes of the job are high – they're facing burnout, book bans, legislation pushed by rightwing groups, and providing essential resources in an effort to fill gaps in the US's social safety net. Now, as Donald Trump's administration rolls out their agenda, many librarians are describing his policies as "catastrophic" to […]
21 States sue Trump administration over scuttling of IMLS, other agencies
Attorneys general from 21 states have sued the Trump administration to block its recent efforts to scuttle the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and six other federal agencies.
US authors' copyright lawsuits against OpenAI and Microsoft combined in New York with newspaper actions
Twelve US copyright cases against OpenAI and Microsoft have been consolidated in New York, despite most of the authors and news outlets suing the companies being opposed to centralization.
'Meta has stolen books': authors to protest in London against AI trained using 'shadow library'
Authors and other publishing industry professionals will stage a demonstration outside Meta's London office today in protest of the organisation's use of copyrighted books to train artificial intelligence.