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| Words Without Borders -> Doors, Windows, and the Office of Foreign Assets Control |
 | | In another ruling later that month, OFAC stated that an U.S. entity could not publish a book written by an Iranian living in Iran because “inherent in the publication of a book are marketing, distribution, artistic, advertising and other services not exempt from” the OFAC regulations. |
 | | In response, an OFAC official stated that there was a standing exemption from the OFAC regulations for Cuban literature—an exception which, if it actually existed, would indeed have been bizarre (why Cuban literature alone and not Iranian, Sudanese or North Korean?). |
 | | Settlement talks between OFAC and PEN’s lawyers continue, but the most likely outcome appears to be that the suit will be dismissed without prejudice—which, at least, means that it can be brought again at some future point. |
| www.wordswithoutborders.org /article.php?lab=EAllen (2357 words) |
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