Government regulation: Good

One of the purposes of government is to regulate the overlords (people with money) from abusing the middle class and the poor. A lot of businesses have been attempting to misuse the "internship" position - hiring people to work for them without pay and just a hint that maybe, someday, there might be a paid position for them. There's been some debate in some circles of government that perhaps unpaid internships should be outlawed. Probably, from my standpoint, a good idea.

 From Raw Story...
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Two interns who completed unpaid work on the Oscar-winning film Black Swan have won a landmark case against the studio behind the movie, 20th Century Fox.

Alexander Footman and Eric Glatt had complained they were made to undertake menial work with little or no educational value that ought to have been carried out by paid employees. US law makes it clear that unpaid interns must gain educational benefit from their work experience and cannot be used to replace regular paid workers. Federal judge William Pauley ruled yesterday that Footman and Glatt were in fact "employees" of studio offshoot Fox Searchlight, which oversaw production of Black Swan, meaning they were entitled to legal protection under minimum wage and overtime laws. The judge also dismissed suggestions by Fox that the interns were working for Darren Aronofsky's production company, rather than directly for the studio. Finally, Judge Pauley confirmed he would certify a class action that will explore internships throughout the corporate departments at Fox.