Any suggestions on how they can go large? Given there based in france and not america, and yet there being sued from america...and run on a shoe string.
If they loose (given they are lacking the funds, your suggesting they would) I wonder how many more forums and blogs will have law suits made against them....
I wonder then what that would do to online comunities such as this one...when somes one asks 'did you read about this in the paper??'....'have you tried this product??'..'have you seen this film??'....and someone says something the person or company involved doesn't like?
Drama....perhaps.....effects on everyone else on the internet.....? lawyers do like to make money after all....what better than easy (unfunded) targets...if this suceeds
of course, this may not matter....it may be a case of suing the poster indevidually
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Big Head DC » 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.
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