Published on July 28, 2023
amazon, Defamation, legal, libel
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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
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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
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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 10, 2023
amazon, copyrights, legal, libel, Trademarks
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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
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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 27, 2023
Censorship, Journalism, legal, libel, traditional publishing
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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
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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
![WRITERSWEEKLY PREDICTED THIS: Artist Sues AI Generators for Copyright Infringement – In The News – 05/12/23 WRITERSWEEKLY PREDICTED THIS: Artist Sues AI Generators for Copyright Infringement – In The News – 05/12/23](https://writersweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/artificial_intelligence_1683905863.jpg)
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