CA state legislature exempts books from autograph authenticity requirement

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Don't know if anyone was watching this story, but after passing a law requiring autographed items to bear authenticity certification (especially things like autographed sports equipment/memorabilia), the legislature has backed the law off a bit to exempt signed books after booksellers complained that book-signings and other author events would be severely compromised:

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/California-bookstores-exempt-from-autograph-12282700.php