Posts Tagged ‘legislation’
RIAA wants $1.5 million per song
Apparently, the RIAA thinks you should have to pay $1.5 million for that copy of MC Hammer’s “Too Legit to Quit” you downloaded for your last 80s party.
Google’s copyright lawyer, William Patry, commented that the bill was the most “outrageously gluttonous IP bill ever introduced in the US.” I think that might be putting it [...]
Presidential candidates on toy safety
[Consumer Law & Policy Blog crosspost]
Carey Greenberg-Berger at the Consumerist followed up my digging into presidential candidates’ participation in consumer legislation with some more digging, and looked into the candidates’ rhetoric on toy safety, one of the “hot” consumer issues of 2007.
The Democrat front-runners gave the matter lip service, advocating better testing, more funding for [...]
Presidential candidates’ votes on 2007 consumer legislation (CL&P Blog crosspost)
Cross-posted to Consumer Law & Policy Blog:
First, happy New Year and thanks to Deepak for inviting me to take part in the Consumer Law & Policy blog! I am a consumer rights attorney in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and I publish a blog of my own, Caveat Emptor. I have also guest blogged at Consumerist a few [...]
