[OPLINLIST] Just in case you missed the latest in the CD settlement controver sy...

Wed, 11 Aug 2004 10:19:47 -0400

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'OutKast' not allowed in Kansas libraries (The Kansas attorney general has
withheld more than 1,600 compact discs from distribution to state libraries
because officials determined the albums promote violence or illegal
activity. The albums removed by Attorney General Phill Kline's office were
part of 51,000 discs given to Kansas as part of a nationwide settlement to
resolve allegations of price fixing. The American Civil Liberties Union said
the decision amounted to censorship. "What he's doing is enforcing his
concept of decency on libraries around the state of Kansas, and that's not
his business," said Dick Kurtenbach, executive director of the ACLU in
Kansas and western Missouri.  The Kansas Library Association, which
advocates for public libraries, said it had no objection to the attorney
general's actions. "This was very similar to what libraries do all the
time," said Rosanne Siemens, the group's executive director. "It wasn't so
much an issue of taking things out but determining what would be best. They
did libraries a big favor by selecting these CDs because there's no way
libraries could have said what they wanted.")

CNN.com Aug. 10, 2004

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Jimmie Epling, Regional Librarian

FIVCO/Big Sandy Regional Office

Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

P.O. Box 370, 122 South Main Cross St. 

Louisa, KY 41230-0370

V: 606.638.4797  F:606.638.0586

jimmie.epling@ky.gov

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'OutKast' not allowed in Kansas =
libraries (The Kansas
attorney general has withheld more than 1,600 compact discs from =
distribution
to state libraries because officials determined the albums promote =
violence or
illegal activity. The albums removed by Attorney General Phill Kline's =
office
were part of 51,000 discs given to Kansas as =
part of a
nationwide settlement to resolve allegations of price fixing. The =
American
Civil Liberties Union said the decision amounted to censorship. =
&quot;What he's
doing is enforcing his concept of decency on libraries around the state =
of Kansas, and that's
not his business,&quot; said Dick Kurtenbach, executive director of the =
ACLU in
Kansas and western Missouri<font=

size=3D3 face=3DArial>.&nbsp; The
Kansas Library Association, which advocates for public libraries, said =
it had
no objection to the attorney general's actions. &quot;This was very =
similar to
what libraries do all the time,&quot; said Rosanne Siemens, the group's
executive director. &quot;It wasn't so much an issue of taking things =
out but
determining what would be best. They did libraries a big favor by =
selecting
these CDs because there's no way libraries could have said what they
wanted.&quot;)

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
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style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Aug. 10,
 2004</span></font></p>

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.ap/index.html">http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/06/library.cds=
ettlement.ap/index.html</a></span></font></p>

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<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Jimmie Epling, Regional Librarian</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>FIVCO/Big Sandy Regional Office</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Kentucky Department for Libraries and =
Archives</span></font></p>

P.O. Box 370, =
122 South
 Main Cross St.

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  font-family:Arial'>Louisa</span></font><font size=3D3 =
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<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>V: 606.638.4797&nbsp; =
F:606.638.0586</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D3 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>jimmie.epling@ky.gov</span></font></p>

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