Anne Trubek
@atrubek.bsky.social
founder & publisher, Belt Publishing. author, former academic, recent Pittsburgh transplant. https://notesfromasmallpress.substack.com
Belt Publishing: beltpublishing.com
Belt Publishing: beltpublishing.com
Reposted by Anne Trubek
A couple years ago, we identified five actions to advance open culture and better sharing of cultural heritage:
🤲 Protect the public domain from erosion.
👇 Reduce the term of copyright protection.
🧑⚖️ Legally allow necessary activities of cultural heritage institutions.
🤲 Protect the public domain from erosion.
👇 Reduce the term of copyright protection.
🧑⚖️ Legally allow necessary activities of cultural heritage institutions.
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
A couple years ago, we identified five actions to advance open culture and better sharing of cultural heritage:
🤲 Protect the public domain from erosion.
👇 Reduce the term of copyright protection.
🧑⚖️ Legally allow necessary activities of cultural heritage institutions.
🤲 Protect the public domain from erosion.
👇 Reduce the term of copyright protection.
🧑⚖️ Legally allow necessary activities of cultural heritage institutions.
Interesting piece on latest author/AI-related court case
Copyright Winter is Coming (to Wikipedia?)
This is a guest post by Matthew Sag, Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Science at Emory University Law School.
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Interesting piece on latest author/AI-related court case
Power to all who can hold two contradictory ideas in their head.
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Power to all who can hold two contradictory ideas in their head.
Cover of the day (Times Change Press, 1971)
November 10, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Cover of the day (Times Change Press, 1971)
[logs on]
Sees tide of outrage expressed on top of reposts of bad stories
[logging off]
Sees tide of outrage expressed on top of reposts of bad stories
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November 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
[logs on]
Sees tide of outrage expressed on top of reposts of bad stories
[logging off]
Sees tide of outrage expressed on top of reposts of bad stories
[logging off]
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
For newsletter research: how do you get book recommendations in 2025? (not including word of mouth or Bluesky)
November 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
For newsletter research: how do you get book recommendations in 2025? (not including word of mouth or Bluesky)
What a fantastic interview! If it inspires you to do what Rachel has done for another city, get in touch with us at @beltpublishing.bsky.social
Please read this wonderful interview with @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social managing director, @rachellayown.bsky.social -- the editor of a new book titled The Rockford Anthology.
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The Rockford Files: An Interview with Rachel León on "The Rockford Anthology" - Chicago Review of Books
A conversation with Rachel León, editor of "The Rockford Anthology"
chireviewofbooks.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
What a fantastic interview! If it inspires you to do what Rachel has done for another city, get in touch with us at @beltpublishing.bsky.social
After I finished this, I googled to read reviews that pubbed when it did. Two popped up: one by Malcolm Bradbury (NYT) & one by Frank Kermode (Atlantic).
What would be a similarly impressive contemporary trifecta?
What would be a similarly impressive contemporary trifecta?
November 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
After I finished this, I googled to read reviews that pubbed when it did. Two popped up: one by Malcolm Bradbury (NYT) & one by Frank Kermode (Atlantic).
What would be a similarly impressive contemporary trifecta?
What would be a similarly impressive contemporary trifecta?
Sometimes the NYT runs opeds or essays about some small cultural thing that I also do and that makes me hate myself (listen to serious British podcasts at night)
November 5, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Sometimes the NYT runs opeds or essays about some small cultural thing that I also do and that makes me hate myself (listen to serious British podcasts at night)
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Dr. Patty Heyda is coming to @rhodeislandcollege.bsky.social to talk about her book The Radical Atlas of Ferguson USA by @beltpublishing.bsky.social publishing. If you're a map nerd, sociologist, political scientist, journalist, environmentalist or interested in social justice, don't miss it.
November 4, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Dr. Patty Heyda is coming to @rhodeislandcollege.bsky.social to talk about her book The Radical Atlas of Ferguson USA by @beltpublishing.bsky.social publishing. If you're a map nerd, sociologist, political scientist, journalist, environmentalist or interested in social justice, don't miss it.
How your angry screed finds me (I actually did just take this snap)
November 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
How your angry screed finds me (I actually did just take this snap)
Great thread. I’ve taught myself a lot about American copyright history and current laws over the past year— it’s v interesting & not what one might expect. And incredibly important to understand right now.
Members of the copyright bar are deluding themselves if they think they can construct an alternate reality where they won't have to face the argument that AI training is highly transformative, and they are deluding their author clients if they tell them winning these cases will
November 4, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Great thread. I’ve taught myself a lot about American copyright history and current laws over the past year— it’s v interesting & not what one might expect. And incredibly important to understand right now.
That the term “antisemitism” has become a rogue signifier that has slipped away from any relation to any signified is, as we say, bad for the Jews.
November 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
That the term “antisemitism” has become a rogue signifier that has slipped away from any relation to any signified is, as we say, bad for the Jews.
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I'm watching the irate responses to this development roll in & I am baffled. 1) Authors can opt out. 2) People don't understand that in 3 years (or sooner?) this will all be moot. As soon as the courts rule that AI use is fair use, which is how this is trending, everything will be up for grabs.
I am composing my response to my publisher regarding the below post and the more I write the harder I am finding it not to use the word "fuck"/"fucking" every other sentence and there is no way this is gonna be shorter than 2,000 words. bsky.app/profile/crai...
I received this mail from Arcadia Publishing, the company which now owns Belt Publishing, who originally published my book in 2022.
Belt's authors are not the sort of people who are gonna be cool with this. I feel really bad for whoever is answering the emails at Arcadia next week.
Belt's authors are not the sort of people who are gonna be cool with this. I feel really bad for whoever is answering the emails at Arcadia next week.
November 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I'm watching the irate responses to this development roll in & I am baffled. 1) Authors can opt out. 2) People don't understand that in 3 years (or sooner?) this will all be moot. As soon as the courts rule that AI use is fair use, which is how this is trending, everything will be up for grabs.
re-upping this. Seeing lots of convos but thus far no one has contacted or tagged me. I am here if you want to discuss.
I see there’s ppl upset by an Arcadia email about AI, Belt Publishing, and my role. I realized this only when I opened up this app a few minutes ago. I am happy to answer any questions people might have.
November 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
re-upping this. Seeing lots of convos but thus far no one has contacted or tagged me. I am here if you want to discuss.
I see there’s ppl upset by an Arcadia email about AI, Belt Publishing, and my role. I realized this only when I opened up this app a few minutes ago. I am happy to answer any questions people might have.
November 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I see there’s ppl upset by an Arcadia email about AI, Belt Publishing, and my role. I realized this only when I opened up this app a few minutes ago. I am happy to answer any questions people might have.
Walk off walk off walk off
November 2, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Walk off walk off walk off
Walk off. There’s a cool term for it. Let’s do it.
November 2, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Walk off. There’s a cool term for it. Let’s do it.
Vladimir Guerrero is such a fab name
November 2, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Vladimir Guerrero is such a fab name
Is that a bible verse of the pitcher’s cap?
November 2, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Is that a bible verse of the pitcher’s cap?
Ok its true I’ve ignored baseball forever but the hair thing is really throwing me
November 2, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Ok its true I’ve ignored baseball forever but the hair thing is really throwing me
[ruining everything to say] turns out you can instantly relax and feel *different* and that change is in fact possible simply by moving through the world without the damned phone
November 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
[ruining everything to say] turns out you can instantly relax and feel *different* and that change is in fact possible simply by moving through the world without the damned phone