Legislation

New York Times Spouts FUD About California’s New Memorabilia Law

12 December, 2016 // 0 Comments

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 impact [Read More ...]

Pointless New Federal Guideline Seeks to Prevent Reading in the Car

23 November, 2016 // 1 Comment

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: "Distracted [Read More ...]

Affordable Textbook Act Reintroduced in Congress

20 October, 2015 // 0 Comments

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 [Read More ...]

The UK’s New Consumer Rights Act Will Protect The Right to Return eBooks

1 October, 2015 // 5 Comments

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 for readers in the UK. [Read More ...]

NJ Gov. Christie Vetoes Reader Privacy Act, Asks for Stronger, Narrower Law

22 November, 2014 // 5 Comments

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 [Read More ...]

New Jersey Passes New Reader Privacy Act, Expanding Laws to Cover eBooks

23 September, 2014 // 6 Comments

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 to keep their [Read More ...]