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There wasn't very much more to the story than that Philly residents who engaged in commercial activity through their blog--eg. through sales, google adsense, amazon referrals--were required to abide by the same rules as other Philly residents engaging in commercial activity. The law was summat behind the times but was adjusted to allow for the sort of hobby-level activity blogging usually represents so as to spare people who really weren't making much money from their blogging.