EFF "Anonymity/Pseudonymity - Georgia (State)" Archive

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eff_hb1630_041696.letter: Letter from EFF Staff Counsel Shari Steele to GA governor, explaining why HB1630 is bad news and why he should veto it (he didn't).
hb1630.alert: alert regarding GA state bill HB1630, and background info on it and its sponsor.
hb1630_96.act: Incredibly stupid and unconstitutional legislation authored by state legislator (and BellSouth employee) Don Parsons that makes it a crime to be anonyous or pseudonymous online, to use anyone else's trademark in an email address or domain name (even if the trademark is in a completely different area of commerce and not applicable to online services), and other terrible things. Passed into state law by governor, Apr. 18, 1996.