Kentucky Lawmaker Wants to Make Anonymous Internet Posting Illegal

[Shogun]

By Kellie Wilson
E-mail | Biography

Kentucky Representative Tim Couch filed a bill this week to make anonymous posting online illegal.

The bill would require anyone who contributes to a website to register their real name, address and e-mail address with that site.

Their full name would be used anytime a comment is posted.

If the bill becomes law, the website operator would have to pay if someone was allowed to post anonymously on their site. The fine would be five-hundred dollars for a first offense and one-thousand dollars for each offense after that.

Representative Couch says he filed the bill in hopes of cutting down on online bullying. He says that has especially been a problem in his Eastern Kentucky district.

http://www.wtvq.com/content/midatlantic/tvq/video.apx.-content-articles-TVQ-2008-03-05-0011.html

 

[Ravi]

By Kellie Wilson
E-mail | Biography

Kentucky Representative Tim Couch filed a bill this week to make anonymous posting online illegal.

The bill would require anyone who contributes to a website to register their real name, address and e-mail address with that site.

Their full name would be used anytime a comment is posted.

If the bill becomes law, the website operator would have to pay if someone was allowed to post anonymously on their site. The fine would be five-hundred dollars for a first offense and one-thousand dollars for each offense after that.

Representative Couch says he filed the bill in hopes of cutting down on online bullying. He says that has especially been a problem in his Eastern Kentucky district.

http://www.wtvq.com/content/midatlantic/tvq/video.apx.-content-articles-TVQ-2008-03-05-0011.html

That's lame.

 

[Taomon]

By Kellie Wilson
E-mail | Biography

Kentucky Representative Tim Couch filed a bill this week to make anonymous posting online illegal.

The bill would require anyone who contributes to a website to register their real name, address and e-mail address with that site.

Their full name would be used anytime a comment is posted.

If the bill becomes law, the website operator would have to pay if someone was allowed to post anonymously on their site. The fine would be five-hundred dollars for a first offense and one-thousand dollars for each offense after that.

Representative Couch says he filed the bill in hopes of cutting down on online bullying. He says that has especially been a problem in his Eastern Kentucky district.

http://www.wtvq.com/content/midatlantic/tvq/video.apx.-content-articles-TVQ-2008-03-05-0011.html

I am against this bill, but...do you suppose that all of these angry, racists would be so bold in their postings if they had to supply a name, an email or more?

 

[Shogun]

Perhaps Silence Dogood could answer that question.

 

[Taomon]

Perhaps Silence Dogood could answer that question.

I don't know that cat

 

[Shogun]

http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/Hoaxipedia/Benjamin_Franklin/

 

[midcan5]

Representative Couch says he filed the bill in hopes of cutting down on online bullying. He says that has especially been a problem in his Eastern Kentucky district.

http://www.lrc.ky.gov/Mailform/H090.htm

Tell him what you think.

http://www.lrc.ky.gov/legislator/H090.htm

Bio
Born August 19, 1961. Self-employed, Hyden Grocery, Couch’s Shell. Church of God. Cumberland College, Hazard Community College. Leslie Co Industrial Devel. Hyden Chamber of Commerce. KY Retail Federation. NRA. Natl Wild Turkey Federation. Natl Federation of Independent Business Owners. Leslie Co Republican Party, Chairman 2000-02. Leslie Co Bd of Elections 2000-02. Hyden Masonic Lodge 664. KY Grocers Assoc. Hyden Athletic Boosters 1998. Leslie Co Middle School Boosters 1999. Relay for Life, Corporate Sponsor 2000-02. Repair Affair, Sponsor 2000-02.

 

[JeffWartman]

I am against this bill, but...do you suppose that all of these angry, racists would be so bold in their postings if they had to supply a name, an email or more?

Irrelevant.

 

[Taomon]

Irrelevant.

How nice of you to point that out.

 

[Gunny]

By Kellie Wilson
E-mail | Biography

Kentucky Representative Tim Couch filed a bill this week to make anonymous posting online illegal.

The bill would require anyone who contributes to a website to register their real name, address and e-mail address with that site.

Their full name would be used anytime a comment is posted.

If the bill becomes law, the website operator would have to pay if someone was allowed to post anonymously on their site. The fine would be five-hundred dollars for a first offense and one-thousand dollars for each offense after that.

Representative Couch says he filed the bill in hopes of cutting down on online bullying. He says that has especially been a problem in his Eastern Kentucky district.

http://www.wtvq.com/content/midatlantic/tvq/video.apx.-content-articles-TVQ-2008-03-05-0011.html

Obviously this guy needs a newspaper. Doesn't he know there are FAR more important issues going on? Like baseball players using steroids?

What can he possibly be thinking?

 

[Shogun]

more stupid laws

Saggy pants law overwhelmingly approved in Riviera Beach
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/local_news/epaper/2008/03/11/0311rivcharter.html

Conn. Student Suspended For Buying Candy In School
http://wcbstv.com/topstories/Connecticut.skittles.suspension.2.675314.html

I read another article today about a lawmaker trying to legislate how much toilet paper business must have available in their resteraunts too. Care to guess which side of the isle he was on?

Have a laugh on me, Gunny.

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[CrimsonWhite]

Obviously this guy needs a newspaper. Doesn't he know there are FAR more important issues going on? Like baseball players using steroids?

What can he possibly be thinking?

Don't forget about Bill Belichick taping football games.