http://assembly.state.ny.us/...&term=2011&Text=Y

S06779 Text:

S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6779

I N S E N A T E

March 21, 2012
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Introduced by Sen. O'MARA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to protecting a
person's right to know who is behind an anonymous internet posting

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

1 Section 1. The civil rights law, is amended by adding a new section
2 79-o to read as follows:
3 S 79-O. ANONYMOUS INTERNET POSTER; RIGHT TO KNOW. 1. DEFINITIONS. AS
4 USED IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING WORDS AND TERMS SHALL HAVE THE
5 FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
6 (A) ANONYMOUS POSTER IS ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO POSTS A MESSAGE ON A WEB
7 SITE INCLUDING SOCIAL NETWORKS, BLOGS FORUMS, MESSAGE BOARDS OR ANY
8 OTHER DISCUSSION SITE WHERE PEOPLE CAN HOLD CONVERSATIONS IN THE FORM OF
9 POSTED MESSAGES.
10 (B) "WEB SITE ADMINISTRATOR" MEANS ANY PERSON OR ENTITY THAT IS
11 RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING A WEB SITE OR MANAGING THE CONTENT OR DEVEL-
12 OPMENT OF INFORMATION PROVIDED ON A WEB SITE INCLUDING SOCIAL NETWORKS,
13 BLOGS FORUMS, MESSAGE BOARDS OR ANY OTHER DISCUSSION SITE WHERE PEOPLE
14 CAN HOLD CONVERSATIONS IN THE FORM OF POSTED MESSAGES, ACCESSIBLE VIA A
15 NETWORK SUCH AS THE INTERNET OR A PRIVATE LOCAL AREA NETWORK.
16 (C) "INTERNET" MEANS THE GLOBAL SYSTEM OF INTERCONNECTED COMPUTER
17 NETWORKS THAT USE THE INTERNET PROTOCOL.
18 (D) "INTERNET PROTOCOL ADDRESS" OR "IP ADDRESS" MEANS A NUMERICAL
19 LABEL ASSIGNED TO EACH COMPUTER OR DEVICE PARTICIPATING IN A COMPUTER
20 NETWORK THAT USES THE INTERNET PROTOCOL FOR COMMUNICATION.
21 2. A WEB SITE ADMINISTRATOR UPON REQUEST SHALL REMOVE ANY COMMENTS
22 POSTED ON HIS OR HER WEB SITE BY AN ANONYMOUS POSTER UNLESS SUCH ANONY-
23 MOUS POSTER AGREES TO ATTACH HIS OR HER NAME TO THE POST AND CONFIRMS
24 THAT HIS OR HER IP ADDRESS, LEGAL NAME, AND HOME ADDRESS ARE ACCURATE.
25 ALL WEB SITE ADMINISTRATORS SHALL HAVE A CONTACT NUMBER OR E-MAIL
26 ADDRESS POSTED FOR SUCH REMOVAL REQUESTS, CLEARLY VISIBLE IN ANY
27 SECTIONS WHERE COMMENTS ARE POSTED.
28 S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
29 have become a law.


To simplify this, for those that don't like to read, it means that using "aliases or nicknames" when posting in forums such as this will be FORBIDDEN!!!

what's penalty?

god bless dumb yankees and their represensatives.

i resemble that remark

<--- lives in the state of ny

lmao, that's just retarded

ny has ben doing alot of dumb fluff as far as the law goes... dunno wtf is going on there... might have to change my country name :(

i live right next door, your retarded politicians better not rub off on ours.

a lot of states have. more then 1 place wants to make discrimination 100% legal as long as its founded in a religious belief. and by that, they mean Christianity because lets face it, no Muslim laws are getting passed lol

its called liberalism, get used to it since you all vote for that fluff :/

yeah I aint confirming my name and address for you guys :P lol looks like im going to be a mime!

Forbidden? looks more like a way for people to find out who posted something. i'll just switch my wireless to unencrypted and let the 30 people around me use it.

Just for you KoH, you're real quick to jump on the anti-liberal agenda without actually checking out the facts BUT, that what all you republicans do best. Here's the asshat that's sponsoring the bill: Albany, N.Y., May 23 —State Senator Tom O’Mara (R-C, Big Flats) joined his colleagues in the Senate Republican conference today to call for the enactment of a comprehensive economic development program he’s co-sponsoring called “New Jobs-NY.”

So, do you have anything more to add to your nonsense?

Stupid cell

Yes, I'm NOT a Republican, and 99% of those Republicans in the Northeast are RINOs, Republicans In Name Only including that idiot wannabe conservative Romney, get a clue brotha!

I'll agree with you on much of that statement. Romney, while Governor of Massacheusetts, signed into law his own version of obamacare before obama did his version. It was one of the worst programs ever enacted in Ma.

Agreed!