The NYTimes has finally caught up with the two-month-old story about California's new law concerning autographed memorabilia, and in spite of the multiple opinions that the law will not...
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Category: Legislation
Pointless New Federal Guideline Seeks to Prevent Reading in the Car
So the NTSB has released a draft set of voluntary guidelines for smartphone makers which bureaucrats believe will reduce distracted driving. Me, I'm not so sure. From Ars Technica:...
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Affordable Textbook Act Reintroduced in Congress
When it was first introduced in 2013, the Affordable College Textbook Act offered the promise of funding for universities that started open textbook pilots (like Virginia's community colleges, or UMUC in...
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The UK’s New Consumer Rights Act Will Protect The Right to Return eBooks
We've all encountered badly made ebooks, but with only Amazon offering a reasonable return policy there wasn't much that we could do about it. But today that situation changed...
Continue readingNJ Gov. Christie Vetoes Reader Privacy Act, Asks for Stronger, Narrower Law
According to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's conditional veto statement, "Citizens of this State should be permitted to read what they choose without unnecessary government intrusion." It's hard to...
Continue readingNew Jersey Passes New Reader Privacy Act, Expanding Laws to Cover eBooks
Earlier this week the New Jersey state legislature passed a new bill which expanded NJ state privacy laws to include ebooks. Working from the precedent that readers have a right...
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