Published on June 24, 2023
amazon, Censorship, copyrights, Defamation, legal, libel
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
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
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.
Published on May 31, 2023
amazon, Censorship, legal, libel
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.
Published on May 31, 2023
author scams, legal, self-publishing, traditional publishing, writing career advice, writing scams
Check out the signature at the end, along with the links about that person. Of course, that person is NOT who sent this email…
Published on May 27, 2023
Censorship, Journalism, legal, libel, traditional publishing
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.
Published on May 19, 2023
Censorship, copyrights, legal, libel
MORE: PETA uses AI to rewrite the Bible; Filmmakers worried about AI taking their jobs, too; Ohio State University adopts free speech policy; Tattooist loses libel suit against blogger; Newspaper got duped by AI; Twitter sued after employee in the Middle East turned in critics of Saudi rulers; AI companies are violating copyrights en masse; Forbes will soon be owned by foreigners; Prince Harry’s ghostwriter speaks out; and Court rules Facebook, Twitter, and Google not liable for terrorists using their platforms.
Published on May 12, 2023
Censorship, copyrights, legal, libel
MORE: Publisher of Britney Spears’ pauses process after potential legal issues; New York Post banned from White House event; China arrests man who faked train crash story; Author (and mother) who penned book for children experiencing grief charged with murdering her husband; French reporter killed in Ukraine; Reporter pleads guilty after prank call; Musician pays random to keep hacker from pre-releasing his new music; Blogger commits suicide; and Atlanta agrees to pay photojournalist $105K for wrongful arrest during George Floyd protests
Published on May 5, 2023
Censorship, copyrights, legal
MORE: Manga freelancers want more $$; LA Times denies submitting questions to White House ahead of press conference…and it’s pretty obvious they’re lying; Ed Sheeran not liable in copyright infringement case; Colleges are pushing back against woke culture; AI will negatively affect music as well;
The Bible is still the best selling book of all time!; and Google’s “Godfather of AI” quits and issues warning.
Published on April 29, 2023
Censorship, legal
MORE: Of course AI generated content contains copyrighted material!; Russia arrests our journalists, but gets upset when we deny visas for theirs; Professors forced to retract “false” research on racism; Matthew Perry to remove negative comments about Keanu Reeves from future printings of his memoirs; Christian university blocks Maoist China survivor from speaking over anti-woke views; Could ChatGPT be using YOUR words?; Teacher gets uncancelled, receives back pay from school district; Arizona lawmaker (an ordained minister) caught hiding Bibles under chair cushions; Steven Spielberg says no film should be revised to appease people today; Christian author Dave Hollis died from overdose; Minnesota state government planning to have “bias registry.”