Tag Archives: This Day in June
The Creepy Tale of a D.C. Law Firm, the APA, and IFI
IFI received a return-request letter via priority mail this week from Dunner Law, a law firm based in Washington D.C. that specializes in intellectual property law. The letter came from Adam Sikich, senior counsel with Dunner Law (and according to his bio, a “Star Wars aficionado”) on behalf of Dunner's “Client,” the American Psychological Association (APA). In this letter, Sikich kinda, sorta implied Dunner might slap IFI with a $150,000 lawsuit ...
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Tagged Adam Sikich, American Psychological Association, Dunner Law, Fair Use Law, Gayle E. Pitman, Kristyna Litten, Magination Press, This Day in June, U.S. Copyright Act
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West Chicago Library Votes to Retain Age Inappropriate Picture Book
On August 28th, the West Chicago Public Library Board voted 6-1 to retain the homosexuality-celebrating picture book This Day in June. IFI thanks you for your support in emailing the library director Benjamin Weseloh to share your concerns about this book.
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Tagged American Library Association, Benjamin Weseloh, Joan Happel, This Day in June, West Chicago Public Library
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Totalitarian Librarians Rage About Pitman Picture Book Controversy
Never poke a sleeping bear or the ideology of “tolerant” librarians. IFI’s recent article by John Biver about a controversy brewing in West Chicago over a picture book for young children that positively portrays the homosexuality-celebrating “pride” parades that pollute city streets throughout the country every June has unleashed the fury of freedom-lovin’ librarians across the nation.
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Tagged American Library Association, Daughters of Bilitis, Dawn Betts-Green, Deborah M Monn Bifulk, Fobazi Ettarh, Gayle E. Pitman, Ingrid Conley-Abrams, John Biver, Judith Krug, Meghan Cirrhito, Office of Intellectual Freedom, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, This Day in June, When You Look Out the Window
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