Comments on: The Children are Worth It

By: indajns

indajns — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:51:47 +0000

“If this was passed in August, where was all the hoopla by the ALA and others to start work on an amendment or exception immediately? Why are we hearing about the repercussions of this law only weeks before it goes in to effect?”
There’s been “hoopla” ever since the law passed, but for some reason, Main Stream Media has a complete blackout on this subject. That’s why you’re not hearing about it. If you Google CPSIA you’ll get an eyeful, but CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, NO ONE has mentioned that today (Feb 10th) has been declared National Bankruptcy Day because of all the small businesses that will go out of business today because of this law. You’d think THAT would be news in an economy of constant layoffs and 9% unemployment. But I guess not.

As for whom else doesn’t know about this law? Something like 70%+ of the manufacturers and retailers. Wait until words gets around. This law was retroactive.

By: M

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:49:15 +0000

Actually the CPSC nor congress notified small boutiques, thrift shops, craft shows, small manufacturers, booksellers, libraries or publishers of this at all. That is why people are still hearing about it now. Maybe if we knew in June we would have had time to work out a small business plan with them. Many are still unaware of it and those of us who are heard recently through word of mouth.

So anyone thinking they should have been on this months ago is not getting it.

Those of us who did hear of it months ago assumed it didn’t apply to us because we were not making toys. It is only recently people have realized how vague the law is to apply to “anything that appeals to a child under 12″.

If publishers are forced to test every book there goes short runs, new authors and illustrator, print on demand and self-publishing.

Do you notice they told you about DTV 2 years ago? There’s no way you coudl miss that right?

By: M

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:43:07 +0000

I think you didn’t notice that the act requirs 3rd party testing after Aug. A library cannot use a home testing kit. These labs are charging $100s per componant in an item, which can add up to several hundred per book in the library. Books which are not covered in plastic or have added charms have not been scientifically shown to be a risk for lead. Have you heard of libraries and schools suddenly being well funded?

By: thinker

thinker — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:03:42 +0000

Talk about heavy metal music on this blog is the best thing that happened since that guy gave credit to the Royal New Zealand Navy.

By: Ozzie Osbourne

Ozzie Osbourne — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:12:14 +0000

Don’t even think about removing those Iron Maiden records.

By: publiclibrarEwoman

publiclibrarEwoman — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:15:50 +0000

Booooooooo. *Throws rotten tomatoes at Elisa and Phil.*

By: Phil Collins

Phil Collins — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:06:20 +0000

What about Steely Dan?

By: Elisa

Elisa — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:42:41 +0000

Or ditch all heavy metal music CDs?

By: John Bonham

John Bonham — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:27:37 +0000

Does this mean that libraries will have to get rid of their Led Zeppelin CDs now?

By: Not Necessarily Amused

Not Necessarily Amused — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:47:12 +0000

“If this was passed in August, where was all the hoopla by the ALA and others to start work on an amendment or exception immediately? Why are we hearing about the repercussions of this law only weeks before it goes in to effect?” If you’ve been reading this blog for a while before it came to LJ you’d realize this is typical of ALA. On the other hand, I’d suspect the publishers didn’t fork up to the folks on East Huron until late in the game. Besides that, ALA may have felt the membership and public had forgotten about them and felt it necessary to carp about something in order to justify their salaries. Otherwise, we might get the impression it was all mindless coffee breaks and paper shuffling and meetings.