Comments on: Update: FTC moves ahead with blog regulation

By: A word for Hosting Matters

A word for Hosting Matters — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:34:33 +0000

[…] which I suppose puts this in the category of blog posts that the Federal Trade Commission is so keen on […]

By: Around the web, July 3

Around the web, July 3 — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:12:54 +0000

[…] Trade Commission move to regulate bloggers’ freebies [Citizen Media Law, CEI “Open Market”, earlier] “I could care less that Milly the Yarn Spinner at millysworldofyarn.com is getting free […]

By: Benjamin

Benjamin — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:33:16 +0000

I keep a blog where I occasionally post book reviews (with an Amazon affiliate link). I intended to make a few bucks on affiliate purchases. If I ever do a bad review, I will still include an affiliate link. I guess I will have to add a page that says I am a member of the Amazon affiliate program.

By: A.W.

A.W. — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:47:24 +0000

btw, more pro-lawyer, anti-business ftc meddling. http://www.businessinsider.com/the-end-of-mandatory-arbitration-2009-6

By: A.W.

A.W. — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:09:18 +0000

the FTC in general has been on overdrive recently. they have said that any person who has any delay at all between the work they provide and getting paid is a creditor under various laws and thus regulated up the wazoo. If taken literaly, it means literally the guy who mops the floors at the Safeway is a creditor and subject to all of those regulations.

I fully expect the FTC to be slapped back on that, but not after alot of firms have to spend alot of money complying.