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	<title>Comments on: Interview with the FTC&#8217;s Richard Cleland</title>
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		<title>By: Self-Publishing Review &#124; Blog &#124; The Stupid, Stupid FTC Guidelines</title>
		<link>http://www.edrants.com/interview-with-the-ftcs-richard-cleland/comment-page-2/#comment-272765</link>
		<dc:creator>Self-Publishing Review &#124; Blog &#124; The Stupid, Stupid FTC Guidelines</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 02:48:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] the Edrants interview with the FTC&#8217;s Richard Cleland: In the case of books, Cleland saw no problem with a blogger receiving a book, provided there [...]</description>
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		<title>By: New Rules for Book Reviews: As Set Out By The USA &#124; Website of Megan Burke</title>
		<link>http://www.edrants.com/interview-with-the-ftcs-richard-cleland/comment-page-2/#comment-269587</link>
		<dc:creator>New Rules for Book Reviews: As Set Out By The USA &#124; Website of Megan Burke</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Cat also found an interview between Edward Champion and The FTC&#8217;s Richard Cleland, about the new rules. Here&#8217;s Galley Cat&#8217;s [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Press Release: Firmware release for Obihai OBi100 or OBi110 VoIP devices includes enhancements for Google Voice users, OBi to OBi Single Stage Dialing, Expert Configuration via the OBiTALK Portal, more &#171; The Michigan Telephone blog</title>
		<link>http://www.edrants.com/interview-with-the-ftcs-richard-cleland/comment-page-2/#comment-264459</link>
		<dc:creator>Press Release: Firmware release for Obihai OBi100 or OBi110 VoIP devices includes enhancements for Google Voice users, OBi to OBi Single Stage Dialing, Expert Configuration via the OBiTALK Portal, more &#171; The Michigan Telephone blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 17:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Apparently the Federal Trade Commission considers that “compensation”, which bloggers are now required to disclose. I can only say that I would not write a good review of a bad product just because I got it free (I [...]</description>
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		<title>By: New firmware available for Obihai OBi100 or OBi110 VoIP devices will make Obihai users happy! &#171; The Michigan Telephone blog</title>
		<link>http://www.edrants.com/interview-with-the-ftcs-richard-cleland/comment-page-2/#comment-263494</link>
		<dc:creator>New firmware available for Obihai OBi100 or OBi110 VoIP devices will make Obihai users happy! &#171; The Michigan Telephone blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2011 20:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Apparently the Federal Trade Commission considers that “compensation”, which bloggers are now required to disclose. I can only say that I would not write a good review of a bad product just because I got it free (I [...]</description>
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		<title>By: How to use the Obihai OBi100 or OBi110 VoIP device as a gateway between Asterisk/FreePBX and Google Voice and/or the OBiTALK network — Part 2: Using the Phone port as an Asterisk extension &#171; The Michigan Telephone blog</title>
		<link>http://www.edrants.com/interview-with-the-ftcs-richard-cleland/comment-page-2/#comment-263273</link>
		<dc:creator>How to use the Obihai OBi100 or OBi110 VoIP device as a gateway between Asterisk/FreePBX and Google Voice and/or the OBiTALK network — Part 2: Using the Phone port as an Asterisk extension &#171; The Michigan Telephone blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Feb 2011 17:14:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Apparently the Federal Trade Commission considers that “compensation”, which bloggers are now required to disclose. I can only say that I would not write a good review of a bad product just because I got it free (I [...]</description>
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		<title>By: How to use the Obihai OBi100 or OBi110 VoIP device as a gateway between Asterisk/FreePBX and Google Voice and/or the OBiTALK network &#171; The Michigan Telephone blog</title>
		<link>http://www.edrants.com/interview-with-the-ftcs-richard-cleland/comment-page-2/#comment-263127</link>
		<dc:creator>How to use the Obihai OBi100 or OBi110 VoIP device as a gateway between Asterisk/FreePBX and Google Voice and/or the OBiTALK network &#171; The Michigan Telephone blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 22:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Apparently the Federal Trade Commission considers that “compensation”, which bloggers are now required to disclose. I can only say that I would not write a good review of a bad product just because I got it free (I [...]</description>
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		<title>By: First look at the Obihai OBi100 VoIP device: Like the OBi110, but smaller and less expensive, and without the Line port &#171; The Michigan Telephone blog</title>
		<link>http://www.edrants.com/interview-with-the-ftcs-richard-cleland/comment-page-2/#comment-263057</link>
		<dc:creator>First look at the Obihai OBi100 VoIP device: Like the OBi110, but smaller and less expensive, and without the Line port &#171; The Michigan Telephone blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 23:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Apparently the Federal Trade Commission considers that “compensation”, which bloggers are now required to disclose. I can only say that I would not write a good review of a bad product just because I got it free (I [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Review of the Obihai OBi110 VoIP device, Part 4: How to use the OBi110 as an FXO port with Asterisk and FreePBX &#171; The Michigan Telephone blog</title>
		<link>http://www.edrants.com/interview-with-the-ftcs-richard-cleland/comment-page-2/#comment-262909</link>
		<dc:creator>Review of the Obihai OBi110 VoIP device, Part 4: How to use the OBi110 as an FXO port with Asterisk and FreePBX &#171; The Michigan Telephone blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 11:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Apparently the Federal Trade Commission considers that “compensation”, which bloggers are now required to disclose. I can only say that I would not write a good review of a bad product just because I got it free (I [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Review of the Obihai OBi110 VoIP device, Part 3: 911 on the cheap? &#171; The Michigan Telephone blog</title>
		<link>http://www.edrants.com/interview-with-the-ftcs-richard-cleland/comment-page-2/#comment-262774</link>
		<dc:creator>Review of the Obihai OBi110 VoIP device, Part 3: 911 on the cheap? &#171; The Michigan Telephone blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 08:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Apparently the Federal Trade Commission considers that “compensation”, which bloggers are now required to disclose. I can only say that I would not write a good review of a bad product just because I got it free (I [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Review of the Obihai OBi110 VoIP device, Part 2: The OBiTALK portal, documentation, and using the device as an FXO port with Asterisk &#171; The Michigan Telephone blog</title>
		<link>http://www.edrants.com/interview-with-the-ftcs-richard-cleland/comment-page-2/#comment-262698</link>
		<dc:creator>Review of the Obihai OBi110 VoIP device, Part 2: The OBiTALK portal, documentation, and using the device as an FXO port with Asterisk &#171; The Michigan Telephone blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Apparently the Federal Trade Commission considers that “compensation”, which bloggers are now required to disclose. I can only say that I would not write a good review of a bad product just because I got it free (I [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Review of the Obihai OBi110 VoIP device, Part 1: Use your phone with Google Voice for free incoming and outgoing calls &#171; The Michigan Telephone blog</title>
		<link>http://www.edrants.com/interview-with-the-ftcs-richard-cleland/comment-page-2/#comment-262580</link>
		<dc:creator>Review of the Obihai OBi110 VoIP device, Part 1: Use your phone with Google Voice for free incoming and outgoing calls &#171; The Michigan Telephone blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jan 2011 15:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Apparently the Federal Trade Commission considers that “compensation”, which bloggers are now required to disclose. I can only say that I would not write a good review of a bad product just because I got it free (I [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Podiatrist</title>
		<link>http://www.edrants.com/interview-with-the-ftcs-richard-cleland/comment-page-2/#comment-261583</link>
		<dc:creator>Podiatrist</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Interesting interview. I think it goes in the right direction - especially concerning the fake review blogs. However, I don&#039;t believe that much has changed since the introduction of the bill, I still see them everywhere!</description>
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		<title>By: Barnet</title>
		<link>http://www.edrants.com/interview-with-the-ftcs-richard-cleland/comment-page-2/#comment-261521</link>
		<dc:creator>Barnet</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:51:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I totally agree with the writer that sometimes some laws just confuse people by having inherent standard. As citizens we just need to try our best to comply with the law, and that is ok.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I totally agree with the writer that sometimes some laws just confuse people by having inherent standard. As citizens we just need to try our best to comply with the law, and that is ok.</p>
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		<title>By: WorshipJobs</title>
		<link>http://www.edrants.com/interview-with-the-ftcs-richard-cleland/comment-page-2/#comment-261517</link>
		<dc:creator>WorshipJobs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey, fair is fair, though. If “traditional print media” is going to get a bye on this, then they need to stick to dead trees and ink. No more internet presence for them! If they’re posting online, after all, they’re “bloggers”, just like us.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey, fair is fair, though. If “traditional print media” is going to get a bye on this, then they need to stick to dead trees and ink. No more internet presence for them! If they’re posting online, after all, they’re “bloggers”, just like us.</p>
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		<title>By: A Books Blog</title>
		<link>http://www.edrants.com/interview-with-the-ftcs-richard-cleland/comment-page-2/#comment-261317</link>
		<dc:creator>A Books Blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 21:38:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As mentioned above, how do they expect to enforce this?  I can understand about wanting to protect the public from being misled but is this any different than a politician voting a certain way on a bill because a lobbiest lined his pocket?  People know 90% of what they read on the Internet isn&#039;t true, all this is doing is harming casual bloggers...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As mentioned above, how do they expect to enforce this?  I can understand about wanting to protect the public from being misled but is this any different than a politician voting a certain way on a bill because a lobbiest lined his pocket?  People know 90% of what they read on the Internet isn&#8217;t true, all this is doing is harming casual bloggers&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Jessica</title>
		<link>http://www.edrants.com/interview-with-the-ftcs-richard-cleland/comment-page-2/#comment-261137</link>
		<dc:creator>Jessica</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 14:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My blog is a personal one, and as such should never need to &#039;disclose&#039; anything. However, there might come a time that I would be sent some scrapbooking materials and asked to use them then tell them what I think. Clearly they would like a positive review. But, given freedom of speech, I can be positive or negative. So what happens if I give a positive review, but don&#039;t report it? Will they come confiscate the scrapbook pages, cards or even my Great aunt Fanny&#039;s journal? All of which I might have used their product&#039;s on?
Obviously this hasn&#039;t been clearly explained. But worse yet it hasn&#039;t been clearly thought out in the first place. I think that if you create rules, you should know what you intend to do with them first, then decide how to implement them BEFORE you enact them. Don&#039;t you think this would be a lot easier?</description>
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Obviously this hasn&#8217;t been clearly explained. But worse yet it hasn&#8217;t been clearly thought out in the first place. I think that if you create rules, you should know what you intend to do with them first, then decide how to implement them BEFORE you enact them. Don&#8217;t you think this would be a lot easier?</p>
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		<title>By: Henry Bowman</title>
		<link>http://www.edrants.com/interview-with-the-ftcs-richard-cleland/comment-page-2/#comment-260899</link>
		<dc:creator>Henry Bowman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Cleland said that a disclosure was necessary when it came to an individual blogger, particularly one who is laboring for free.&quot;

Pardon me?  Under what model does the FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION have ANY JURISDICTION AT ALL over such a person?  Is he saying that the model here is &quot;regulate the corporation loosely, regulate the individual citizen strictly?&quot;  Where does Cleland get off thinking he has the constitutional authority to regulate the individual citizen AT ALL?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Cleland said that a disclosure was necessary when it came to an individual blogger, particularly one who is laboring for free.&#8221;</p>
<p>Pardon me?  Under what model does the FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION have ANY JURISDICTION AT ALL over such a person?  Is he saying that the model here is &#8220;regulate the corporation loosely, regulate the individual citizen strictly?&#8221;  Where does Cleland get off thinking he has the constitutional authority to regulate the individual citizen AT ALL?</p>
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		<title>By: Mini-review of Beginning OpenVPN 2.0.9 by Markus Feilner and Norbert Graf (Packt Publishing) &#171; The Michigan Telephone blog</title>
		<link>http://www.edrants.com/interview-with-the-ftcs-richard-cleland/comment-page-2/#comment-260750</link>
		<dc:creator>Mini-review of Beginning OpenVPN 2.0.9 by Markus Feilner and Norbert Graf (Packt Publishing) &#171; The Michigan Telephone blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] the Federal Trade Commission considers that &#8220;compensation&#8221;, which bloggers are now required to disclose. I can only say that I would not write a good review of a sucky book just because I got a free copy [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Macmillan: The New Amazonfail : Edward Champion&#8217;s Reluctant Habits</title>
		<link>http://www.edrants.com/interview-with-the-ftcs-richard-cleland/comment-page-2/#comment-260624</link>
		<dc:creator>Macmillan: The New Amazonfail : Edward Champion&#8217;s Reluctant Habits</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] under the 1936 Robinson-Patnam Act. And it remains to be seen whether the Federal Trade Commission, which has recently devoted its resources to badgering bloggers, will investigate these troubling developments to determine if its creaky howitzers might be rolled [...]</description>
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		<title>By: New FTC Rules for Bloggers &#8211; How will it affect you? &#171; Nova</title>
		<link>http://www.edrants.com/interview-with-the-ftcs-richard-cleland/comment-page-2/#comment-260569</link>
		<dc:creator>New FTC Rules for Bloggers &#8211; How will it affect you? &#171; Nova</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:33:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] As many of you know, Tyndale has its own blogger review program like many publishing houses. Through the Tyndale Blog Network, bloggers can sign up and request specific books for review. We send a FREE copy of the book in exchange for a review posted on the member&#8217;s blog and a consumer site (like Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, ChristianBook.com, etc.). This week, the FTC announced new rules for bloggers that, if violated, could add up to $11k in fines. Effective December 1, bloggers receiving any kind of compensation (including free product) will have to disclose that information clearly on their blog when posting a review of the product. For more information on these FTC rules, visit these links:http://www.edrants.com/interview-with-the-ftcs-richard-cleland/http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=139457 [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] As many of you know, Tyndale has its own blogger review program like many publishing houses. Through the Tyndale Blog Network, bloggers can sign up and request specific books for review. We send a FREE copy of the book in exchange for a review posted on the member&#8217;s blog and a consumer site (like Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, ChristianBook.com, etc.). This week, the FTC announced new rules for bloggers that, if violated, could add up to $11k in fines. Effective December 1, bloggers receiving any kind of compensation (including free product) will have to disclose that information clearly on their blog when posting a review of the product. For more information on these FTC rules, visit these links:<a href="http://www.edrants.com/interview-with-the-ftcs-richard-cleland/http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=139457" rel="nofollow">http://www.edrants.com/interview-with-the-ftcs-richard-cleland/http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=139457</a> [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Advertisers Call for a Do-Over on FTC Blogger Rules &#124; Finley &#38; Cook, PLLC</title>
		<link>http://www.edrants.com/interview-with-the-ftcs-richard-cleland/comment-page-2/#comment-260472</link>
		<dc:creator>Advertisers Call for a Do-Over on FTC Blogger Rules &#124; Finley &#38; Cook, PLLC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:31:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] surprisingly, bloggers have had a few things to say about the new FTC guidelines, including Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, who’s [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Reactions to FTC Blogger Guidelines &#124; Open The Dialogue</title>
		<link>http://www.edrants.com/interview-with-the-ftcs-richard-cleland/comment-page-2/#comment-260234</link>
		<dc:creator>Reactions to FTC Blogger Guidelines &#124; Open The Dialogue</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] large fines as much as the big fish?   With the FTC ‘s Richard Cleland telling book blogs to return books after reviews, how much will people need to disclose to avoid a potential fine? As much as this [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] large fines as much as the big fish?   With the FTC ‘s Richard Cleland telling book blogs to return books after reviews, how much will people need to disclose to avoid a potential fine? As much as this [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Lessons From a Year of Citizen Journalism &#171; The Levisa Lazer</title>
		<link>http://www.edrants.com/interview-with-the-ftcs-richard-cleland/comment-page-2/#comment-260102</link>
		<dc:creator>Lessons From a Year of Citizen Journalism &#171; The Levisa Lazer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:18:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] surprisingly, the FTC Guidelines generated a bit of an uproar.  While some of the criticisms are well founded, there also are plenty of [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Review of Building Enterprise Ready Telephony Systems with sipXecs 4.0 by Michael W. Picher (Packt Publishing) &#171; The Michigan Telephone blog</title>
		<link>http://www.edrants.com/interview-with-the-ftcs-richard-cleland/comment-page-2/#comment-259878</link>
		<dc:creator>Review of Building Enterprise Ready Telephony Systems with sipXecs 4.0 by Michael W. Picher (Packt Publishing) &#171; The Michigan Telephone blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:52:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] the Federal Trade Commission considers that &#8220;compensation&#8221;, which bloggers are now required to disclose. I can only say that I would not write a good review of a sucky book just because I got a free copy [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] the Federal Trade Commission considers that &#8220;compensation&#8221;, which bloggers are now required to disclose. I can only say that I would not write a good review of a sucky book just because I got a free copy [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Getting Paid for Writing Crap (and disclosing it) &#124; adayinthelifeofrj.com</title>
		<link>http://www.edrants.com/interview-with-the-ftcs-richard-cleland/comment-page-2/#comment-259849</link>
		<dc:creator>Getting Paid for Writing Crap (and disclosing it) &#124; adayinthelifeofrj.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Quackenbush&#8217;s comment in Edward Champion&#8217;s interview with FTC&#8217;s Richard Cleland leaves a lot of food for thought: what’s the FTC’s statutory authority for instituting this [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Quackenbush&#8217;s comment in Edward Champion&#8217;s interview with FTC&#8217;s Richard Cleland leaves a lot of food for thought: what’s the FTC’s statutory authority for instituting this [...]</p>
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		<title>By: JOLT Digest &#187; Digest Comment &#8211; Context for the Net: A Defense of the FTC’s New Blogging Guidelines &#124; Harvard Journal of Law &#38; Technology</title>
		<link>http://www.edrants.com/interview-with-the-ftcs-richard-cleland/comment-page-2/#comment-259842</link>
		<dc:creator>JOLT Digest &#187; Digest Comment &#8211; Context for the Net: A Defense of the FTC’s New Blogging Guidelines &#124; Harvard Journal of Law &#38; Technology</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:35:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] widespread criticism is that the new guidelines impose more restrictions on online social media than on traditional types of media, such as newspapers and magazines. The [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Blown to Bits &#187; Blog Archive &#187; The FTC Decides to Regulate Bloggers</title>
		<link>http://www.edrants.com/interview-with-the-ftcs-richard-cleland/comment-page-2/#comment-259814</link>
		<dc:creator>Blown to Bits &#187; Blog Archive &#187; The FTC Decides to Regulate Bloggers</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] This is a classic case of that with which the road to hell is paved. The FTC is attempting to translate conventions used in TV and print into a very different medium. There are so many edge cases to consider. What about a 14 year old blogger raving about a skateboard her daddy brought home from the company where he works? What about a book reviewer who reviews a book he was given to review (as reviewers invariably are)? What about just mentioning that you are drinking a Coke when your brother-in-law works for the Coca-Cola company? What about tweets&#8211;do you have to include your disclosure in the 140 word limit (the FTC commissioner apparently thinks that might be possible). [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] This is a classic case of that with which the road to hell is paved. The FTC is attempting to translate conventions used in TV and print into a very different medium. There are so many edge cases to consider. What about a 14 year old blogger raving about a skateboard her daddy brought home from the company where he works? What about a book reviewer who reviews a book he was given to review (as reviewers invariably are)? What about just mentioning that you are drinking a Coke when your brother-in-law works for the Coca-Cola company? What about tweets&#8211;do you have to include your disclosure in the 140 word limit (the FTC commissioner apparently thinks that might be possible). [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Camilynn</title>
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		<dc:creator>Camilynn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:38:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi,

A good post on Interview with the FTC’s Richard Cleland.If you very much interested in knowing how to generate traffic by using google adwords then the free video at http://debtfreeliving.freeppcleads.com may help you.

Thanks,
John.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi,</p>
<p>A good post on Interview with the FTC’s Richard Cleland.If you very much interested in knowing how to generate traffic by using google adwords then the free video at <a href="http://debtfreeliving.freeppcleads.com" rel="nofollow">http://debtfreeliving.freeppcleads.com</a> may help you.</p>
<p>Thanks,<br />
John.</p>
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		<title>By: Netvalar</title>
		<link>http://www.edrants.com/interview-with-the-ftcs-richard-cleland/comment-page-2/#comment-259569</link>
		<dc:creator>Netvalar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh please give me this guys address I will send it all over the web so that everytime a music cd is reviewed it gets sent to him COD (cash on delivery). After all if we can&#039;t keep the swag then why should we pay to send it back. Let him pay for his receipt of our deliveries and then send it to the companies.

As it stands where does disclosure fit in my review of a great live event that I am invited to. My readers had better know that I pay cover sometimes and sometimes don&#039;t. The guides say disclosure is only needed if the reader can&#039;t make that distinction. Well let me say if the reader doesn&#039;t know that we sometimes get free swag then they need to go back to 2nd grade.

However I now have to wonder if I get a business license for my blogging wherever. Then set my salary at $1/mo I am now being paid and no longer have to state the free swag. Sounds about right to me so what is the FTC really trying to do kill social media in order to save the newspapers???????

I can tell you from the music industry&#039;s attempt to kill P2P. It does not work the record industry is still dying a little more every day. Of course on the plus side the music industry is doing better every year in over all revenue.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh please give me this guys address I will send it all over the web so that everytime a music cd is reviewed it gets sent to him COD (cash on delivery). After all if we can&#8217;t keep the swag then why should we pay to send it back. Let him pay for his receipt of our deliveries and then send it to the companies.</p>
<p>As it stands where does disclosure fit in my review of a great live event that I am invited to. My readers had better know that I pay cover sometimes and sometimes don&#8217;t. The guides say disclosure is only needed if the reader can&#8217;t make that distinction. Well let me say if the reader doesn&#8217;t know that we sometimes get free swag then they need to go back to 2nd grade.</p>
<p>However I now have to wonder if I get a business license for my blogging wherever. Then set my salary at $1/mo I am now being paid and no longer have to state the free swag. Sounds about right to me so what is the FTC really trying to do kill social media in order to save the newspapers???????</p>
<p>I can tell you from the music industry&#8217;s attempt to kill P2P. It does not work the record industry is still dying a little more every day. Of course on the plus side the music industry is doing better every year in over all revenue.</p>
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		<title>By: Bill White</title>
		<link>http://www.edrants.com/interview-with-the-ftcs-richard-cleland/comment-page-2/#comment-259526</link>
		<dc:creator>Bill White</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I remember when CANSPAM was still an open discussion and I know how much different the terrain is now that it is law, and not for the better mind you.

I think an interesting point that occurred to me in all of this is a potent question. Will the FTC apply these same rules to the U.S. Government itself. Let&#039;s see, we can&#039;t make claims based on unsubstantiated evidence, we can&#039;t make claims unless they are typical results. OK, so Obama claims we have a Swine Flu epidemic, yet more people die every year from the seasonal flu. He says we should be vaccinated but there is quite a lot of evidence suggesting flu shots don&#039;t work and worse they can deliver unexpected health complications or even death.

To be fair, we had Bush saying Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. Both Bush and Obama said that the TARP funds would bailout our economy. 

So in light of these endorsement/claim statutes we are all supposed to live by, where is the accountability of the government to set the example of compliance?

I didn&#039;t even mention Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare etc. All promised to cure problems and failed miserably, all were quoted at a much lower price than they actually ended up costing. Get my point?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I remember when CANSPAM was still an open discussion and I know how much different the terrain is now that it is law, and not for the better mind you.</p>
<p>I think an interesting point that occurred to me in all of this is a potent question. Will the FTC apply these same rules to the U.S. Government itself. Let&#8217;s see, we can&#8217;t make claims based on unsubstantiated evidence, we can&#8217;t make claims unless they are typical results. OK, so Obama claims we have a Swine Flu epidemic, yet more people die every year from the seasonal flu. He says we should be vaccinated but there is quite a lot of evidence suggesting flu shots don&#8217;t work and worse they can deliver unexpected health complications or even death.</p>
<p>To be fair, we had Bush saying Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. Both Bush and Obama said that the TARP funds would bailout our economy. </p>
<p>So in light of these endorsement/claim statutes we are all supposed to live by, where is the accountability of the government to set the example of compliance?</p>
<p>I didn&#8217;t even mention Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare etc. All promised to cure problems and failed miserably, all were quoted at a much lower price than they actually ended up costing. Get my point?</p>
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