Settlement with MileyWorld.com
HARRISBURG - Attorney General Tom Corbett has announced that the Attorney General's Bureau of Consumer Protection has reached a settlement with the owner and operator of the official Miley Cyrus fan club, www.MileyWorld.com , as the result of consumer complaints about the fan club's members-only "pre-sale" of popular Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana concert tickets. The Assurance of Voluntary Compliance (AVC) was reached with Interactive Media Marketing, Inc., of Nashville, Tennessee, requiring the company to extend fan club memberships for nearly 1,000 Pennsylvania consumers. Interactive Media will also pay $10,000 in civil penalties and $10,000 to support future public protection activities. According to the settlement, the Attorney General's Office began receiving complaints from Pennsylvania fan club members in September 2007, regarding ticket sales for Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus "Best of Both World" concerts in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. The majority ...