The two officials—Paul Perkins, an associate deputy attorney general, and Brian Nieves, a deputy chief of staff and senior policy counsel—were seeking access to the U.S. Copyright Office but were denied entry at around 9 a.m., sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity told The New York Times.
Despite Trump’s appointment of Blanche as acting librarian of Congress, library staff have reportedly been recognizing Robert Newlen as their interim replacement instead, according to The Times’ sources. Newlen was principal deputy librarian and Hayden’s second-in-command.
Staff seem to be waiting for direction from Congress, with Newlen additionally sending an email to employees saying he did not recognize Blanche’s appointment as valid, according to Politico.
In broad strokes it kinda works like this.
In 1989 the Japanese government passed the Media Betterment Act to censor media that the Japanese government considered to be harmful to Japanese society, and allowed the Media Betterment Committee to act against organisations and individuals that are trying to exercise their rights under the Statement on Intellectual Freedom that went into effect in 1954 (amended in 1979).
However local governments opposed the MBA/MBC and established armed anti-MBA defense forces to protect libraries from being raided by the MBC.
The year is now 2019 and the story follows a young recruit into the anti-MBA defense forces as she battles to protect libraries from censorship.