Tag: CBLDF

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Library Blocking Websites

Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) has posted a report that the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed suit against the Salem Public Library in eastern Missouri for unconstitutionally blocking religious websites.  This particular library has deemed it necessary to block Native American and Wicca websites, that give information about both religions, based on being “occult” or  “criminal”.  Read the article at CBLDF’s website linked below or the full notice at ACLU’s website linked below:

http://cbldf.org/homepage/aclu-asks-missouri-library-to-stop-censoring-websites/

http://www.aclu-em.org/pressroom/2012pressreleases/010312aclufilessuitstopmol.htm

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Graphic Novel Challenged in School Library

Word from the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) lets us know that a concerned parent is calling for the removal of Stuck in the Middle: Seventeen Comics from an Unpleasant Age for language and references to drugs, alcohol, and sex.  The title itself was praised in Booklist, New York Times, and Publishers Weekly.  The CBLDF along with American Library Association’s Office of Intellectual Freedom has sent a letter of support, to the school district for the library.  Follow the link below for the full article and letter that was sent to the school on CBLDF’s website.

http://cbldf.org/homepage/cbldf-ala-office-for-intellectual-freedom-speak-out-in-defense-of-comic-facing-removal-from-school-library/

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CBLDF at Library Conference

The Executive Director of Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, Charles Brownstein, spoke at the Long Island Resources Council’s 20th Annual Conference on Libraries and the Future.  His presentation was over the history of censorship within the comic book industry and the challenge’s the industry will face in the future.  The presentation is available in PDF and in voice recording on the following website so check it out.

http://blog.lilrc.org/ce/2011/11/15/20thannconf/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20thannconf

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Red Shirt Contest

IDW Publishing is having a contest in conjunction with Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF).  To enter the contest a fan will need to e-mail a 300 word or less explanation of how their retailer is the best and how they would sacrifice themselves defending them to contest@IDWPublishing.com.  The winning fan, along with their retailer, will be depicted on a variant cover of IDW’s Star Trek.  The fan, retailer and CBLDF will each receive 100 copies of the variant cover.  CBLDF will be able to use their copies to assist in future fund raisers.  The winning fan will also receive the original art by the Sharp Brothers.

http://cbldf.org/homepage/be-a-%E2%80%9Credshirt%E2%80%9D-with-idw%E2%80%99s-star-trek-comics-contest-benefitting-cbldf/

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CBLDF Manga Giveaway

Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is having a table in Manga Artist Alley at the New York ComicCon this weekend.  If you happen to be attending, stop by their booth.  When an individual signs up and becomes a member you will be entered into a daily manga giveaway.  Donors of some of the prizes are Viz Media, Seven Seas, Vertical, Yen, Dark Horse, DMP, Kodansha, and ALC/Yuricon.  So everyone join a worthy cause and possibly win some manga.

http://cbldf.org/homepage/cbldfs-massive-manga-giveaway-at-nycc/

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Beasi Talks about Canada Case

Melinda Beasi of Manga Bookshelf has written a thoughtful one page essay over at Comic Book Legal Defense Funds website concerning Brandon X’s criminal case in Canada.  In her essay she references George Orwell’s 1984 to great effect.  It is a strong reminder of how striking that this case is being conducted in today’s society.  Use the link below to read the full essay, it is well worth it.

http://cbldf.org/homepage/voicing-an-opinion-manga-bookshelfs-melinda-beasi-talks-canada-customs-case/

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Liberty Cards Available

Here is a way that your patrons, that enjoy comic books and manga, can support the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF).  Cryptozoic Entertainment is releasing the CBLDF Liberty Trading Cards this week.  This Fund helps store owners and individuals that have been arrested for selling or owning comic books or manga that some find objectionable.  While some of the titles you yourself might not like the Funds mission is one that library’s should support.  The Fund helps defend challenges to the United States First Amendment.  The packs have five cards per pack with a suggested price of $3.50 per pack.  Inserts within the packs are randomly packed autograph and sketch cards.  This could be a program where libraries could purchase some packages for giveaways at their library or purchase a box and sell the packs for $1.00 and then forward that money on to the CBLDF as an additional donation to the Fund.  This is a way to show your patrons that not just novels are challenged, but also something they enjoy.

http://cbldf.org/homepage/cbldf-liberty-trading-cards-in-stores-this-week/

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CBDLF Annual

Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) is announcing that the CBLDF’s annual will be available this October.  Image Comics is producing the annual which will be a compilation by the industry’s best.  Each story will be about how censorship is the ultimate bullying and how it needs to be defeated.  All proceeds will go to the CBLDF to help fund their efforts to combat censorship.  So this October help out for this special cause.

http://cbldf.org/homepage/fight-for-your-freedom/

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Supreme Hands Down Decision on Brown v. EMA

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has announced on their sight that the Supreme Court has handed down a decision in the Brown v. EMA case.  The court struck “down the California law that attempted to ban the sale and display of violent video games to minors in a 7-2 decision”.  Justice Scalia wrote the majorities decision for the court.  To view the full article and excepts from the decision follow the link below.

http://cbldf.org/homepage/breaking-cbldf-cheers-free-speech-victory-in-brown-v-ema/