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		<title>3 Unintended Consequences Of SOPA/PIPA</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:28:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently gave a quick overview of SOPA and PIPA, the two bills in the House and Senate, respectively. The legislation can kill the internet as we know it by letting anyone bring down an entire website by claiming copyright infringement. Even worse, there is no due process. A website can be taken down with [...]


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		<title>SOPA/PIPA Explained: Why You Should Care</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Also See: 3 Unintended Consequences of SOPA/PIPA The current SOPA/PIPA legislation slithering through Congress is probably one of the most dangerous pieces of legislation we&#8217;ve seen in recent history. Both bills threaten free speech in America and can ruin the internet as we know it. SOPA/PIPA will also be job killers. A lot of the [...]


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		<title>Wikileaks Fights for a Free Press</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 03:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wikileaks has been making major waves in several spheres of life: Online, world governments, law enforcement, activists and everyday citizens. The controversy centers around the online whistleblower&#8217;s website that recently published thousands of diplomatic cables from US embassies around the world. Before that, Wikileaks published the Afghan War Diary and Iraq War Logs &#8211; each [...]


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		<title>Censorship makes its way to Teen Lit Festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 21:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The annual Teen Lit Fest in Humble, TX will have 5 less authors this year. According to Publishers Weekly, author Ellen Hopkins had her invitation revoked after a librarian and a few parents protested her books to the superintendent and school board: In the post, entitled Related posts:No Fear Shakespeare makes me very afraid Lit [...]


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		<title>Free Speech Vs. Animal Cruelty</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:58:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While this post doesn&#8217;t directly deal with literature, writing, publishing or ebooks, I feel that it needs to be addressed. I&#8217;ve been a very strong supporter of free speech &#8211; it&#8217;s the cornerstone of an open and enlightened society. However, with free speech also comes responsibility. That can be a thin line to balance. But [...]


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		<title>The importance of Banned Books Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a little late covering Banned Books Week, but I figure better late than never. This is actually a very important event because it gives attention to the freedom to read what one chooses and not giving into demands by groups or individuals to restrict access to a books based on what they find as [...]


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		<title>Is latest Amazon controversy with Kindle Orwell titles just the beginning?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The debacle over Amazon and their decision to remotely remove several George Orwell titles from their Kindle device, from customers who had paid for the books, has sparked a pretty fierce debate online. I&#8217;m actually a little surprised at the number of people who have come to Amazon&#8217;s defense and even applauded Jeff Bezo&#8217;s generic [...]


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		<title>School board keeps controversial Sherman Alexie book on reading list</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whenever a case of censorship, or attempted censorship of literature appears in the news, I try to write a post about it here. Sadly enough, I don&#8217;t have to wait long. In the most recent case I read about concerns a school district in my own backyard &#8211; the Antioch Community High School made headlines [...]


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		<title>Correction, not perfection: Dubai probably didn&#8217;t ban book from festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:11:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not afraid to admit when I might be wrong. Like many others, there are times when I jump to conclusions based on sketchy information. This is one of those times. I wrote this post about the Dubai Literary Festival allegedly censoring a certain book from the festival, and outright banning it from Dubai. In [...]


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		<title>Novel banned from Dubai literary festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 02:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This story caught my attention for two reasons: First, it&#8217;s in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. I have been to Dubai and it&#8217;s a beautiful, vibrant city with very nice, hospitable people. Dubai is also very much a &#34;literary&#34; city where poetry is very popular (much more so than here in the US). The [...]


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