Kentucky Wants Gambling Domains
In two weeks, a Kentucky judge will hear arguments on the ordered seizure of 141 gambling-related domains that Kentucky doesn’t like because online gambling competes with the state’s hugely profitable horse-racing industry.
In the report at domainnamenews.com, a Kentucky district court has dismissed all objections put forth by the owners of the domains to be seized.
Judge Thomas Wingate (a moron of the highest order) ordered the seizure of the domains purportedly to protect innocent Kentucky children from the evils of gambling, but the action was a transparent move to protect the state’s revenue from horse racing.
It has been pointed out elsewhere that the move is the equivalent of Saudi Arabia seizing jackdaniels.com because drinking is illegal in Saudi Arabia.
His Dishonor Judge Wingate ordered the seizure in September, requirig the owners to block access to Kentucky residents or lose their domains. According to DomainNameNews, a hearing will be held Nov. 17, 2008.
The well-known registrar GoDaddy promptly rolled over for Judge Wingate and turned over the domains. Network Solutions sent a legal team to fight the action. (More here.)