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European publishers say the EU is giving in to AI

Jul 30 2025: Forty European and global organizations, including the Federation of European Publishers, have issued a joint statement formally complaining to the European Commission about the implementation measures for the European Union AI Act.

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PEN America backs bill to limit use of creative works as criminal evidence

Jul 25 2025: PEN America has joined the Free Our Art coalition in supporting the reintroduction of federal legislation that would restrict the use of artistic works—including literature and poetry—as evidence in criminal and civil court proceedings.

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ALA grows its global network at UN forum

Jul 22 2025: Coalition-building has been top of mind for the American Library Association, which is fresh from its 2025 Annual Conference with a new strategic plan and a mandate to bolster pro-library partnerships locally and worldwide.

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EveryLibrary Releases Legislative Update, Library Use Survey

Jul 22 2025: Advocacy organization EveryLibrary has shared some of its latest research on the status of library-related policymaking and patrons’ library usage across the U.S. In a summary titled “Codifying Censorship or Reclaiming Rights? The State-by-State 2025 Legislative ...

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Senate hearing debates AI training on copyrighted works

Jul 17 2025: A U.S. Senate hearing held July 16 gave some hope to publishers and authors that at least some members of Congress seem willing to step up the fight against Big Tech companies who knowingly violate copyright laws to train their large language models.

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AI translation service launched for fiction writers and publishers prompts dismay among translators

Jul 08 2025: An AI fiction translation service aimed at both traditional publishers and self-published authors has been launched in the UK. GlobeScribe.ai is currently charging $100 per book, per language for use of its translation services.

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Four years after buying it for $440 Million, Kakao to shutter Radish Fiction

Jul 08 2025: Just four years after Korea's Kakao Entertainment acquired mobile-first serialized fiction platform Radish Fiction for $440 million, the company announced it will shutter the platform at the end of the year. Radish informed users of the closure in a July 3 email. "After...

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Reform councillor’s boast about removing ‘trans-ideological’ books from children’s library sections falls flat

Jul 04 2025: A boast by a Reform UK councillor that he ensured the removal of “trans-ideological material and books” from the children’s section of his county’s libraries has fallen flat after it emerged that no such material ever existed there.

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