Happy Pride Month! Here's the roundup of news from last month:
*Advocacy & Public Policy Committee News Alerts v.10 n. 5, May 2023*Advocacy
& Public Policy Committee News Alerts support the committee's mission to
monitor governmental activities and social justice issues affecting the
professional interests of ARLIS/NA and to keep the ARLIS/NA membership
informed. The monthly alerts are intended to be conversation starters, help
members keep up on public policy issues and alert members to new
developments. The articles compiled in the News Alerts bring to the
forefront recent news from a range of perspectives designed to elicit
discussion; they are not compiled to represent the views of ARLIS as an
organization or the members of the Advocacy and Public Policy Committee.
Previous issues can be found here:
https://www.arlisna.org/news/appc-news-alert
*Activism and Social Justice in the Arts*
- Drake, Caroline.”The Florida Art Students Who Want to Take Down
DeSantis.”
<https://hyperallergic.com/819143/the-florida-art-students-who-want-to-take-down-desantis/>
*Hyperallergic*, May 1, 2023.
- Pontone, Maya. "NYC Subway Guerrilla Art Demands Justice for Jordan
Neely."
<https://hyperallergic.com/822611/nyc-subway-guerrilla-art-demands-justice-for-jordan-neely/>
*Hyperallergic*, May 17, 2023.
- Pontone, Maya. "Will Drag Performances Get Banned in Your State?"
<https://hyperallergic.com/825257/will-drag-performances-get-banned-in-your-state/>
*Hyperallergic*, May 30, 2023.
*Copyright and Licensing*
- “Ed Sheeran wins Thinking Out Loud copyright case.”
<https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-65480293> *BBC News, *May
5, 2023.
- Kotik, Stella. “Generative AI meets copyright law.”
<https://news.berkeley.edu/2023/05/16/generative-ai-meets-copyright-law/>
*Berkeley News*, May 16, 2023.
- Cascone, Sarah. “A Judge Has Greenlit Two Lawsuits Against
Appropriation Artist Richard Prince From Photographers Who Say He Stole
Their Work.”
<https://news.artnet.com/art-world/richard-prince-instagram-fair-use-lawsuit-to-proceed-2301826>
*Artnet News*, May 15, 2023.
- Cascone, Sarah. “In a Landmark Ruling Against the Andy Warhol
Foundation, the Supreme Court Has Sided With Photographer Lynn Goldsmith.”
<https://news.artnet.com/art-world/the-supreme-court-ruling-lynn-goldsmith-andy-warhol-foundation-2304684>
*Artnet News*, May 18, 2023.
- Cascone, Sarah. “Did the Supreme Court’s Warhol Decision Further
Complicate Copyright Law? Experts Weigh in on the Ruling’s Ramifications.”
<https://news.artnet.com/art-world/warhol-goldsmith-prince-ruling-fallout-2307975>
*Artnet News*, May 26, 2023.
- Madigan, Kevin. “Landmark Warhol Decision Reins in Transformative Fair
Use.”
<https://copyrightalliance.org/warhol-decision-reins-transformative-fair-use/>
*Copyright Alliance*, May 19, 2023.
- Smith, Tim and Nicol-Schwarz, Kai. “Stability AI swerves copyright
infringement allegations in response to Getty lawsuit.”
<https://sifted.eu/articles/stability-getty-lawsuit> *Sifted.eu*, May 3,
2023.
*Funding*
- Evans, Dennis. “Missouri Libraries Now Required to Adopt New Obscene
Material Policy to Receive Funding.
<https://www.kmbc.com/article/missouri-libraries-ban-material-deemed-obscene/44040733>
” *KMBC*, May 30, 2023.
- Rea, Amy. “Students Occupy UC–Berkeley Anthropology Library to Protest
Its Closure.
<https://www.libraryjournal.com/story/news/students-occupy-uc-berkeley-anthropology-library-to-protest-its-closure>
” *Library Journal*, May 30, 2023.
*Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA)*
- Elamroussi, Aya. “Boston Debuts a Digital Pop-up Libraries Pilot
Program at 20 Bus Stops
<https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/21/us/boston-books-bus-stop-program-trnd/index.html>
.” *CNN*, May 21, 2023.
- Plummer, Ayesha. “This Black Woman Opened A Free Library In Brooklyn
<https://21ninety.com/this-black-woman-opened-a-free-library-in-brooklyn>,”
21Ninety, May 19, 2023.
- Greenwood, Shannon. “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace
<https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2023/05/17/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-in-the-workplace/>
,” *Pew Research Center,* May 17, 2023.
- Ginsburg, Aaron. “NYC Sues Architecture Firm behind New Long Island
City Library over Accessibility Issues
<https://www.6sqft.com/nyc-sues-steven-holl-architects-over-hunters-point-library/>
,” *6sqft*, May 19, 2023.
- “Autism-Ready Libraries – Neurodiversity Research,
<https://sites.uw.edu/neurodiversity/research-projects/autism-ready-libraries/>
” *University of Washington Information School*, May 2023.
- Woodcock, Claire. “Ron DeSantis Is About To Expand Florida’s ‘Don’t
Say Gay’ Law
<https://www.vice.com/en/article/ak3vqj/ron-desantis-just-expanded-floridas-dont-say-gay-law>,”
Motherboard: Tech by VICE, May 8, 2023.
*Intellectual Freedom/ Access to Information*
- Akin, Katie. "Kim Reynolds Signs Sweeping Iowa Education Law on Book
Bans, LGBTQ Teaching. What It Does
<https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2023/05/26/iowa-governor-kim-reynolds-signs-law-to-ban-school-books-with-sex-acts-gender-identity-lgbtq/70147865007/>,”
The Des Moines Register, May 26, 2023.
- Kapos, Shia. “Illinois Set to Become First State to End Book Bans
<https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/03/illinois-to-become-first-state-to-prohibit-book-bans-00095151>
,” *POLITICO*, May 3, 2023.
- Vrbin, Tess. Arkansas Advocate May 26, and 2023, “Crawford County
Parents Sue Library System over Relocation of LGBTQ+ Children’s Books,
<https://arkansasadvocate.com/2023/05/26/crawford-county-parents-sue-library-system-over-relocation-of-lgbtq-childrens-books/>”
Arkansas Advocate, May 26, 2023.
*Technology and Digital Privacy*
- Faverio, Michelle. “Majority of U.S. Twitter Users Say They’ve Taken a
Break from the Platform in the Past Year.
<https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/05/17/majority-of-us-twitter-users-say-theyve-taken-a-break-from-the-platform-in-the-past-year/>
” *Pew Research Center*, May 17, 2023.
- Furbee, Bill. “Sit and Surf
<https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2023/05/01/sit-and-surf/>.” *American
Libraries Magazine*, May 1, 2023.
- Kent, Charlotte. “A Word or Two on Art and Technology.
<https://brooklynrail.org/2023/05/editorsmessage/A-Word-or-Two-on-Art-and-Technology>
” *Brooklyn Rail*, May 2023.
- Nayyar, Rhea. "We Tried Photoshop’s New AI Tool on Art, With Mixed
Results."
<https://hyperallergic.com/825379/we-tried-photoshop-new-ai-generative-fill-tool-on-art-with-mixed-results/>
*Hyperallergic*, May 31, 2023.
- Padilla, Thomas G. “Collective Web-Based Art Preservation and Access
at Scale.
<https://blog.archive.org/2023/05/17/collective-web-based-art-preservation-and-access-at-scale/>
” *Internet Archive Blogs*, May 17, 2023.
- Pontone, Maya. “Former OpenSea Staffer Convicted of Fraud.”
<https://hyperallergic.com/820111/former-opensea-staffer-convicted-of-fraud/>
*Hyperallergic*, May 4, 2023.
- “FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Actions to
Promote Responsible AI Innovation That Protects Americans’ Rights and
Safety.
<https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/05/04/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-announces-new-actions-to-promote-responsible-ai-innovation-that-protects-americans-rights-and-safety/>
” *The White House*, May 4, 2023.
- Varanasi, Lakshmi. “New York City’s Public Schools Reverse Their Ban
on ChatGPT — Admitting It Had Been ‘Knee-Jerk Fear.
<https://www.businessinsider.com/nyc-public-schools-reverse-ban-on-chatgpt-in-the-classroom-2023-5>
’” *Business Insider*, May 19, 2023.
- Vogels, Emily A. “A Majority of Americans Have Heard of ChatGPT, but
Few Have Tried It Themselves.
<https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/05/24/a-majority-of-americans-have-heard-of-chatgpt-but-few-have-tried-it-themselves/>
” *Pew Research Center*, May 24, 2023.
- Woodcock, Claire. “AI Is Tearing Wikipedia Apart
<https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7bdba/ai-is-tearing-wikipedia-apart>,”
*Motherboard:
Tech by VICE*, May 2, 2023.
*Workplace*
- Gaitán, Catalina. “3 Former and Current Employees Sue Multnomah County
Library for Race Discrimination,
<https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2023/05/3-former-and-current-employees-sue-multnomah-county-library-for-race-discrimination.html>”
OregonLive, May 30, 2023.
- Mangus, Dereck Stafford. “On May Day, Celebrating Baltimore’s Union
Victories.”
<https://hyperallergic.com/819023/on-may-day-celebrating-baltimores-union-victories/>
*Hyperallergic*, May 1, 2023.
- Pontone, Maya. “Striking Screenwriters Say No to ChatGPT.”
<https://hyperallergic.com/819822/striking-writers-guild-screenwriters-say-no-to-chatgpt/>
*Hyperallergic*, May 3, 2023.
*Miscellaneous*
- Hattam, Jennifer. "How Turkey's President Is Weaponizing Culture."
<https://hyperallergic.com/820516/how-turkey-president-erdogan-is-weaponizing-culture/>
*Hyperallergic*, May 8, 2023.
- Shoenberger, Elisa. “Documenting the Ephemeral: Burning Man | Archives
Deep Dive.
<https://www.libraryjournal.com/story/documenting-the-ephemeral-burning-man-archives-deep-dive>
” *Library Journal*, May 11, 2023.
- Velie, Elaine. “Art Student Eats Maurizio Cattelan Banana.”
<https://hyperallergic.com/819003/art-student-eats-maurizio-cattelan-banana/>
*Hyperallergic*, May 1, 2023.
*This issue of *News Alerts *was compiled by Freyja Catton, Carrie Evans,
Sal Hamerman, Michele Jennings, and Petra Warren.*
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