Bill would ban anonymous Web comments

 

 

Kentuckians couldn't post anonymous comments to Web sites anymore under House Bill 775, filed Tuesday by Rep. Tim Couch, R-Hyden.

 

Couch's bill would require anyone who contributes to a Web site to register their real name, address and e-mail address with that Web site. Their full name then would be used whenever they posted a comment.

 

Web site operators who violated the disclosure law would be fined $500 for a first offense and $1,000 for each subsequent offense.

Bill would ban anonymous Web comments

 

 

Kentuckians couldn't post anonymous comments to Web sites anymore under House Bill 775, filed Tuesday by Rep. Tim Couch, R-Hyden.

 

Couch's bill would require anyone who contributes to a Web site to register their real name, address and e-mail address with that Web site. Their full name then would be used whenever they posted a comment.

 

Web site operators who violated the disclosure law would be fined $500 for a first offense and $1,000 for each subsequent offense.

 

Wow! I would enjoy perusing Hearsay's comments on this one.

So has Tim had his feelings hurt reading BGP? :sssh: :cry:

 

Seriously man, you've got millions of dollars and a playmate for a wife, find something better to do with your time.

And Tim Couch is qualified to be a lawmaker how?

 

Sounds like the next Jim Bunning.

I take it the site has to be hosted in the state for this ridiculous bill to pass?

And Tim Couch is qualified to be a lawmaker how?

 

Sounds like the next Jim Bunning.

 

I've never used this icon before, but its time::sleep:. Same old, same old from my friend the H.

So has Tim had his feelings hurt reading BGP? :sssh: :cry:

 

Seriously man, you've got millions of dollars and a playmate for a wife, find something better to do with your time.

 

 

It's not that Tim Couch.

Good luck enforcing that one. :thumb:

It's not that Tim Couch.

 

Riiiight....So there is more than one Tim Couch from Hyden, KY who has been mentioned on message boards? :lol:

Riiiight....so there is more than one Tim Couch from Hyden, KY who has been mentioned on message boards? :lol:

Actually, it is a different Tim Couch

 

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:lol:

Riiiight....so there is more than one Tim Couch from Hyden, KY who has been mentioned on message boards? :lol:

 

I don't know where it says he has been mentioned on a message board, but there is more than one Tim Couch from Hyden. This one is a state representative.

Actually, it is a different Tim Couch

 

LINK

 

:lol:

 

Thanks. It says this one runs the Shell station and is an athletic booster.

Introducing a bill and getting it passed are two very different things.

I don't know where it says he has been mentioned on a message board, but there is more than one Tim Couch from Hyden. This one is a state representative.

 

Oops....what a coincidence. Here is the part of the article that I thought sealed it for the other Tim Couch:

 

Couch said he, too, has been the subject of anonymous online roasting, and while he doesn't enjoy it, he doesn't think there's much the legislature can do about it.

I've never used this icon before, but its time::sleep:. Same old, same old from my friend the H.

 

I mean, come on! It's one thing to be in over your head in your job, it's another to put it on display for everyone to see. :lol: