Published on August 19, 2023
Censorship, legal, libel
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MORE: Was raided newspaper investigating police chief for sexual misconduct allegations? Activists who allegedly attacked journalist win civil suit; White House kicks out more reporters; Some professors will allow ChatGPT while others will not; Subject of movie The Blind Side launches public accusations against family who helped him; Man caught “sniffing” women at Barnes & Noble has long rap sheet; and School rescinds student’s suspension of memes; Witnesses (not victims) in shooting sue gun manufacturers AND social media.
Published on August 11, 2023
AI, amazon, copyrights, legal
![Author Says Amazon Was Selling Fake AI-Generated Books Under Her Name – In The News – 08/11/2023 Author Says Amazon Was Selling Fake AI-Generated Books Under Her Name – In The News – 08/11/2023](https://writersweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/reporter-852096_640.jpg)
MORE: Woman sues after AI results in her arrest; State pulls funding from the American Library Association (ALA) after they elect an openly Marxist president; Shame on College Board!; and Obama biographer probably won’t be getting any new biography jobs after he spilled the beans.
Published on August 5, 2023
Censorship, Journalism, legal
![Lazy law firm hit with penalty for using bogus AI-generated legal briefs – In The News – 08/05/23 Lazy law firm hit with penalty for using bogus AI-generated legal briefs – In The News – 08/05/23](https://writersweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/frog-ge5af9ef31_640-e1691179764635.jpg)
MORE: Judge blocks law allowing criminal charges against librarians; Australians are about to lose even MORE free speech rights; Reporter sucker punched, doused in beer by stranger; During Covid, our government didn’t think you were smart enough to make your own decisions, so they and Facebook made them for you; Judge tells reporter to reveal her source for series of stories she did in 2017; Musician says he writes his best lyrics on the toilet; Kirk Cameron’s books give children joy, hope and inspiration, all things that are in short supply in our world these days; Kirk Cameron’s event cancelled by library…but the library immediately reversed its decision after a strongly worded letter from a law firm.
Published on July 28, 2023
amazon, Defamation, legal, libel
![FTC Wants to Break Up Amazon – In The News – 07/28/2023 FTC Wants to Break Up Amazon – In The News – 07/28/2023](https://writersweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Protest.jpg)
MORE: Jeff Bezos’ newspaper on track to lose $100M this year!; Student suspended for creating, posting funny pictures of principal on his own time; Journalist upset about sordid allegations against him; Santa Barbara News-Press closes, still owes employees final checks; Hospital wins millions for defamation against defendant who didn’t show up for court; Evidence that China’s communist party has their feet in U.S. schools’ curriculum; Some paid protestors in the U.S. didn’t know their “employers” are foreign governments trying to divide our citizens.
Published on July 21, 2023
author, Censorship, Defamation, legal, libel, traditional publishing
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MORE: Penguin Random House layoffs; Traditionally published authors claiming mental health issues???; Social media posts about councilman lead to defamation lawsuits; CNN sued for $37M; Google’s news writing AI isn’t doing a great job!; and Journalist in Rwanda dead, accusations of botched police investigation.
Published on July 7, 2023
amazon, author, Defamation, legal, libel
![How an Unknown Author’s Book Quickly Hit #1 on Amazon – In The News – 07/07/2023 How an Unknown Author’s Book Quickly Hit #1 on Amazon – In The News – 07/07/2023](https://writersweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/target-gf734c51c9_640-e1688677394666.png)
MORE: Selling “banned” books is entirely different from handing adult-content books to children in schools; Russian journalist savagely beaten; Do NOT share sensitive information with AI bots!; Federal judge censors government officials; Target refuses to sell a book…and then backtracks; Woman who reported rape can be sued for defamation; and Anti-Zionist Rabbi sued for defamation
Published on June 30, 2023
copyrights, legal, libel
![Class Action Suit Filed Against OpenAI, Microsoft for Theft of Private and Copyrighted Material – In The News – 06/30/2023 Class Action Suit Filed Against OpenAI, Microsoft for Theft of Private and Copyrighted Material – In The News – 06/30/2023](https://writersweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/bible-g75c42b414_640-e1688140619962.jpg)
MORE: 87 years ago today, Gone with the Wind was published!; AI tech now being used to create p*rn and to blackmail young people; Utah school district reverses bank on Bibles in libraries; Harvard scholar who studied honestly accused of fabrications; and YouTuber threatens defamation suit.
Published on June 24, 2023
amazon, Censorship, copyrights, Defamation, legal, libel
![Author Accused of Killing Husband Has Sued His Estate – In The News – 06/24/2023 Author Accused of Killing Husband Has Sued His Estate – In The News – 06/24/2023](https://writersweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2photo-pots-X1RQ3b6ZhUs-unsplash-e1687615145250.jpg)
MORE: Gov. Abbott signs new law about ‘s*xually explicit’ school books; Bookforum is back in business; More copyright claims against AI; Student who reported rape can be sued for defamation; and FTC sues Amazon for ‘tricking and trapping’ people in Prime subscriptions
Published on June 15, 2023
Censorship, legal, social media
![Check Out the Phone Searches Made by Author Accused of Killing Husband – In The News – 06/15/2023 Check Out the Phone Searches Made by Author Accused of Killing Husband – In The News – 06/15/2023](https://writersweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/poison-gf78f5ed0b_640-e1686867705341.jpg)
MORE: Trump’s lawsuit against his niece to proceed; Record number of media jobs cut so far this year; Facebook ordered to pay $50K to man whose account was terminated; and Library book returned 81 years late!
Published on June 10, 2023
amazon, copyrights, legal, libel, Trademarks
![Photographer Billed $979 After AI Firm Used HIS Photos; and MUCH MORE! – In The News – 06/10/2023 Photographer Billed $979 After AI Firm Used HIS Photos; and MUCH MORE! – In The News – 06/10/2023](https://writersweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/jack_daniels_1686410385.jpg)
MORE: Indigo founder and half of board members step down; Amazon fined $30M for recording children in their own homes, and keeping those recordings for commercial purposes; The Writer’s Guild of America has a rapid response unit!; Meta/Facebook threatens to remove news content from its CA social media sites; OPEC shutting out some journalists; Husband and wife forgers fooled the art market and made millions; Publishers group apologizes for school textbook criticizing Christian missionaries in Ghana; Homes of reporter, her parents, and her editor attacked after sexual misconduct article published; Supreme Court sides with Jack Daniel’s in poop-themed dog toy trademark fight; and Biden names coordinator to work on book bans.