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Why are Copies of Prince Harry’s Book Showing up in Hotels? – In The News – 07/21/2023
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.
How an Unknown Author’s Book Quickly Hit #1 on Amazon – In The News – 07/07/2023
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
Class Action Suit Filed Against OpenAI, Microsoft for Theft of Private and Copyrighted Material – In The News – 06/30/2023
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.
Author Accused of Killing Husband Has Sued His Estate – In The News – 06/24/2023
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
Check Out the Phone Searches Made by Author Accused of Killing Husband – In The News – 06/15/2023
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!
Photographer Billed $979 After AI Firm Used HIS Photos; and MUCH MORE! – In The News – 06/10/2023
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.
High School Debate Judges are Openly Using Personal Biases When Deciding Winners and Losers – In The News – 05/31/2023
MORE: AI is NOT reliable (no surprise there!); Hugh Grant’s illegal snooping lawsuit against The Sun tabloid to proceed; Kirk Cameron releases first children’s book on the seven deadly sins, draws protestors; No freedom of religion for children in Maryland’s largest school district; and Amazon Seattle works walk out to protest Amazon’s own climate issues.
No, CBS Studios Did NOT Just Offer You a Movie Deal for Your Book!
Check out the signature at the end, along with the links about that person. Of course, that person is NOT who sent this email…
Professor Allegedly Chased Reporters with Machete – In The News – 05/27/2023
MORE: The State of Montana banned TikTok…and we’re wondering how they make that work; American journalist to be held at least 3 more months by Russia; Department of Education weighs in on book bans; Bob Woodward, Simon and Schuster want to get Trump lawsuit dismissed; Should social media be regulated for kids?; AI means kids no longer have to study or write reports?; and Tina Turner sold her music catalog for $50M before her death.