Among the week's headlines: an appeals court hears a challenge to Iowa's S.F. 496 for a second time; Alabama denies funding to a library over its refusal to censor; more on D.C.'s library ebook bill; and a former ALA exec offers a forward-looking view for library policymakers after a rough 2025.
The case, 'In Re Google Generative AI Copyright Litigation,' was first filed in 2023 by a group of illustrators and writers, and is currently before Judge Eumi K. Lee in the Northern District of California.
"In this age of increasingly rich and powerful tech companies, Berners-Lee’s vision for the web remains fundamentally democratic," writes Peter Brantley. "That everyone, anywhere, with access to what is now known as the internet, should have the ability to create and share information freely."
