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igotthisguitar
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 Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 6:54 am Post subject: Lawmaker: "Criminalize" Anonymous Internet Posts |
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Lawmaker: "Criminalize" Anonymous Internet Posts
Monday March 10th, 2008 12:13 PM by BHDC Staff
Filed under: Internet, Tim Couch
Kentucky Rep. Tim Couch has filed a bill aimed at making anonymous commenting on Web sites ... "illegal".
�The bill would require anyone who contributes to a website to register their real name, address and e-mail address with that site,� according to press reports. �Their full name would be used anytime a comment is posted.�
A Web site owner would have to pay a fine if someone posted anonymously on their site, if the bill were to become law. A first-offense fine would be five-hundred dollars. The Web site owner would have to pay one-thousand dollars for each offense after that.
Couch said he hopes to cut down online bullying. 
http://bigheaddc.com/2008/03/10/lawmaker-wants-to-criminalize-anonymous-internet-posts |
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ernie
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| good luck finding mailing addresses for those 'anonymous' posters! it's like a reverse catch-22 - if you can find someone to charge, then it isn't an anonymous post anymore, is it? |
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igotthisguitar
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If the gov't e.g. wants to store electronic files, linking certain posts to certain presumable people, including ISP pings, location etc, it's surely not that difficult.
"Legal" is another matter. |
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