So if I put a forum on one of my dozen or so domains (which also happen to be on my own server, i.e., I am my own host), I should have to try to find out the real names and contact details for everyone who posts? Riiiight. That's my responsibility, is it? To make sure that random people can't come to my domain and sign up for my forum and act like a jackass? I know this is NOT what the proposed law is suggesting, but this is apparently the suggestion being posed here. What about people who post comments in my blog, do I need their names and addresses, too? I've been on the net since 1993, and I've had my share of nasty run-ins with people online. I've also been a sysadmin at an ISP and I manage a number of domains myself, along with a server. I do NOT consider it my personal responsibility to make sure that everyone who comes near my domains "plays nicely". I probably would delete things I considered inappropriate, but that's because I choose to do it, not because I'm somehow morally or ethically obligated to babysit all the random jerks out there. bonni

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