Round One Goes to A Minor Consideration

This is no time to rest on our laurels. A single decision from the Court in Orange County to assign a Guardian for the Suleman children (July 27th, 2009) to protect their financial interests in the on-going drama of "Octo-Mom" is only the first step. There will be challenges to our Founder's right to bring this lawsuit as "an interested party," but it helps immeasurably that Paul and Rana Petersen wrote and passed "The Preemie Law" in the mid-90's with the full support of the theatrical unions and the Industry's two major Producer's associations, the AMPTP and the MPAA.

Infants in California may not work before fifteen days after their "Due Date," and a signed declaration by a licensed pediatrician must accompany the request for a work permit, as well as proof that a bone fide Coogan Account has been established. These are just some of the provisions violated by the AMI internet division and used by the Department of Labor when they issued four citations and fines against this ravenous internet presence called radaronline on the very first night that the preemies came home.

It is important to note what the incredibly powerful AMI Corporation represents in this nationwide battle to protect innocent children from the exploitation of the media and their parents. AMI owns virtually all of the tabloid press in the United States, and their internet division, radaronline, is allegedly the "paymaster" for Nadya Suleman, literally paying tens of thousands of dollars for exclusive rights to tape Octo-Mom and her babies (roughly 40 Thousand Dollars per weekly exclusive as reported in their own pages). Item: March 2nd 2009:

They really, really love to talk about Octo-Mom over at RadarOnline. In fact, since the news of her octuplets first broke in late January, the website has published 56 items about her, an average rate of nearly two per day.

Five Stories landed on Friday alone, including an exclusive video interview with Suleman, who revealed that she gained 130 pounds during her pregnancy: "I've never in my life been so big and swollen," she said.

TMZ, it is alleged, has thrown some money her way as well, and reported that her personal website has generated some $2.5 million dollars in donations. In addition, nearly every appearance made by the octuplet's mother is a commercial endeavor, whether it's "Inside Edition" or "Entertainment Tonight."

There is really only one question that needs asking. When the babies appear, what are they paid? We already know they're working. The State of California says so…and so do we here at A Minor Consideration.