Suit pits free speech vs. ‘trading with the enemy’
A university is squeamish about publishing a birders' guide to Cuba. Another nixed an encyclopedia of Cuban music. A geology journal spiked a paper by Iranian scientists on methods… More
First Amendment problems remain in wake of latest OFAC pronouncement
According to the Association of American Publishers (AAP), the Association of American University Presses (AAUP), and PEN American Center, a letter sent by the director of the Office of… More
PEN protests Treasury Department regulations that interfere with publishing
Dear Secretary Snow and Mr. Newcomb, We are writing on behalf of the 2,700 professional writers, editors, and translators who are members of PEN American Center to request an… More
Treasury Dept. is warning publishers of the perils of editing
Writers often grumble about the criminal things editors do to their prose. The federal government has recently weighed in on the same issue — literally. More
U.S. Embargo Extended to Editing Articles
WASHINGTON—For U.S. publishers, changing so much as a comma in an author's work can be more than a delicate process. It can be criminal—punishable by fines of up to… More
PEN fights Bush executive order on presidential papers
PEN American Center has joined the legal battle to reverse President Bush's executive order limiting access to presidential papers and to authorize the National Archives to administer the Presidential… More