Persons who make anonymous and annoying comments

… on this blog will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Language in the “Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005,” signed by the President last week, amended the Communications Act of 1934, so that now:

Whoever — … utilizes any device or software that can be used to originate … communications that are transmitted, in whole or in part, by the Internet … without disclosing his identity and with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any person … who receives the communications … shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.

NewMexiKen wonders if the commenter’s IP address could be sufficient identification to be a legal defense against the “anonymous” stipulation in this statute.