Is the city appealing the ruling? Ken Yellis 21 Gibbs Lane, Portsmouth, RI 02871 (401) 619-4524 • Cell: (401) 662-7769 [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Michael Rebman <[log in to unmask]> To: MUSEUM-L <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Mon, Aug 6, 2018 11:08 am Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] Licensed Interpretation Greetings, In summary, the City of Charleston in South Carolina formerly required tour guides to take a test and become licensed. The logic for Charleston was that they wanted all private for-profit tour guides to demonstrate a solid knowledge of Charleston history, based on facts assembled in a book prepared by the Historic Charleston Foundation. A libertarian group, representing three people who failed the test, sued the city. The logic of the libertarian group was that tour guides tell stories, and requiring the tour guides to demonstrate knowledge prepared by historians limited their ability to tell stories, whether or not they were conveying correct information about Charleston and its history. A judge ruled that the test violated the free speech of the tour guides, and threw out the law requiring the test and license. Thank you, Michael R. On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 6:45 AM, Jadran Kale <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Dear Mr Gray and the rest of museumlites, Thank you for a very interesting news. Again I have to ask for help, because of: Please, can you digest (can't utter a c-word) this newspiece? Sincerely yours, Jadran Kale, curator ethnologist City Museum of Sibenik, Croatia To unsubscribe from the MUSEUM-L list, click the following link: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-HOME.exe?SUBED1=MUSEUM-L&A=1 ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).