By Josh Centers on October 13th, 2009
Last week, we reported that the Federal Trade Commission planned to fine bloggers up to $11,000 if they didn’t disclose anything that could be counted as an endorsement. Well, fear not, The Washington Post’s Cecilia Kang spoke with the FTC’s Richard Cleland and found that its threats were mostly hot air.
"We do not have authority to impose a fine for violation of the (FTC) Act," Cleland told Kang.
Cleland explained that enforcement will mostly be through warning letters, and if things get
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By Josh Centers on October 8th, 2009
No. At least, we have no evidence to support that. However, Glenn Beck IS trying to kill the parody website DidGlennBeckRapeAndMurderAYoungGirlIn1990.com.
The domain was registered by Isaac Eiland-Hall of Panama, Fla. on Sept. 1 of this year. The site offers dubious “evidence” that Glenn Beck raped and murdered a young girl in 1990.
A mere three days later, on Sept. 4, Beck filed a complaint with the Word Intellectual Property Organization (PDF), requesting that the domain name be taken from Eiland-Hall.
Eiland-Hall’s
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Last week, we reported that the Federal Trade Commission planned to fine bloggers up to $11,000 if they didn’t disclose anything that could be counted as an endorsement. Well, fear not, The Washington Post’s Cecilia Kang spoke with the FTC’s Richard Cleland and found that its threats were mostly hot air.