Geez...sounds like a chimp plan (gov. tracks web site owners)

[rainbow4321]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BAHRAIN_INTERNET?SITE=TXSAE&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Bahrain site registration sparks protests

All Web sites operating in Bahrain must register with the country's Information Ministry under a new government mandate that has provoked protests from an international watchdog for press freedom.

Web sites have six months starting this Monday to register. They must give the names, addresses and telephone numbers of the operators, said Jamal Dawood, the ministry's director of publications. Web sites will then get an ID number they must post.

The media watchdog Reporters Without Borders criticized the move, saying it will intimidate Web publishers, including operators of personal Web journals such as blogs, and pressure sites to cut back on message boards and other interactive features for fear they will be held responsible for what visitors post.

The government had not yet decided what would happen to those who fail to register, Dawood said.

[Nothing Without Hope]

1. Yup, the Rethug goons would love to do this

and they would excuse it under the Patriot Act as "security from terra-ists." A provision like this could well be buried in some part of upcoming legislation. Remember how they rammed the original Patriot Act through in a way that guaranteed it wasn't read?

[satya]

2. You can't privately register a .US domain name anymore. n/t