Monthly Archives: February 2007

NCAC Statement on Footprints Portrait of a Brooklyn Neighborhood at the Brooklyn Central Public Library

By |2016-01-15T12:08:52-05:00February 23rd, 2007|Updates|

The Brooklyn Central Public Library on Grand Army Plaza embroiled itself in a censorship controversy this February by excluding several pieces from a show documenting the Brooklyn Atlantic Yards neighborhood. The exhibition, “Footprints: Portrait of a Brooklyn Neighborhood,” first appeared at Grand Center, a community space in Prospect Heights. When the Library offered to host the show, it also stipulated [...]

REPORT: Intellectual Property and Free Speech in the Online World: A Public Policy Report

By |2017-12-05T12:21:28-05:00February 14th, 2007|FEPP Articles|

The Free Expression Policy Project undertook a survey of 25 online service providers to learn how they handle notices asking them to remove material that the sender alleges violates her copyright or trademark rights. These notices typically take the form of either “cease and desist” letters or takedown notices sent in accordance with § 512 of the Copyright Act. We wanted to learn whether service providers, including educational institutions, consider their users’ free speech interests in the course of responding to copyright and trademark owners’ complaints; and if so, how they act on those considerations. We also wanted to know how well the takedown process is working for service providers, for users, and for copyright owners.

Michigan School Board Retains Challenged Books

By |2019-03-07T22:18:52-05:00February 13th, 2007|Updates|

  » Read the letter to the school board NEW YORK, NY, February 13, 2007 – The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE) and the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) today welcomed a Michigan school board’s decision to reject demands that it censor Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye , Richard Wright’s Black Boy , Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five , and [...]

The Global Democracy Promotion Act

By |2020-01-05T23:18:46-05:00February 8th, 2007|Blog|

The Global Democracy Promotion Act, first introduced in 2001, may finally be gaining traction in Congress. The bill would ensure that the United States cannot impose standards on organizations outside its borders that it would not stand for imposing within its borders; allow funding for organizations that provide services that are legal in their own country and also legal in ours; and end the punishment of health care providers that observe the same standards of medical ethics and seek the same freedom of speech that apply in the United States.

First Amendment Groups Condemn Government Censorship of Climate Science

By |2020-01-03T14:12:35-05:00February 6th, 2007|Incidents|

The  House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, chaired by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), conducted a hearing on the censorship of government climate scientists.  Among the issues the committee addressed was the suppression of federal scientists’ speech and writing, the distortion and suppression of research results, and retaliation against those who protest these acts. In response to the [...]

Joint Statement on Threat to Science, the Constitution, and Democracy

By |2019-03-15T17:55:31-04:00February 6th, 2007|Updates|

A hearing held on January 30, 2007, by the House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform revealed a widespread pattern of political interference in the operations of federal scientific activities, including censorship of federal scientists’ speech and writing, the distortion and suppression of research results, and retaliation against those who protest these acts.  These charges raise profoundly important [...]

MPAA Weighs Ratings Reform

By |2020-01-03T14:13:35-05:00February 1st, 2007|Blog|

According to Variety Magazine, the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) and NATO (National Association of Theater Owners) are instituting changes to the longstanding film ratings system: A year ago at Sundance, Kirby Dick made noise with his documentary "This Film Is Not Yet Rated," which took direct aim at the Motion Picture Assn. of America's ratings system for being [...]

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