Tag Archives: kentucky

Mon 17th November 2008
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Common Sense Comes to Kentucky - Finally, someone with common sense lays the hammer on Kentucky’s Governor. A Kentucky appeals court has granted a motion to stay the forfeiture hearing for 141 gambling related domain names until it can hear arguments. Of course the appeals court could still make a blunder, but this is further proof that U.S. courts eventually get most things right and prevent injustice. Although painful and expensive for domain owners, the fact that U.S. courts have a good appeals ... read more ...
Thu 30th October 2008
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BoycottKentucky.com Calls for Halloween Phone Zap - Site urges people to call Kentucky Governor on Halloween to express disappointment over domain seizure. BoycottKentucky.com, a site inspired in part by a Domain Name Wire article, is asking people to call Kentucky Governor Beshear on Halloween to help persuade the governor to end his seizure of domain names: Governor Beshear’s actions are downright scary!!! Call his office on 10/31/2008 and tell his staff that you oppose the Governor’s actions and urge him to ... read more ...
Tue 21st October 2008
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Fleeing U.S. Registrars? Not so Fast. - Kentucky ruling brings up old debate about switching to offshore registrars. A blog post over at Wall Street Journal today titled “Online Businesses Subject to Local Laws…Everywhere” discusses the Kentucky gambling domain seizure. It mentions that the businesses who have had domains seized don’t have any presence in Kentucky. One commentor wrote “…just time to quit using US-based Registrars” I don’t think this is the solution. It may cause more ... read more ...
Mon 20th October 2008
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10 Ways You Can “Boycott” Kentucky - Don’t get mad. Get even. Here are ten ways to pressure Kentucky to drop its assault on the internet. Kentucky: “We control the internet” Upset that Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear thinks he owns the internet? Mad as hell that he thinks he can strong arm a global community for the benefit of his local industries? Then get even. Here are ten ways you can apply pressure to the governor to get him to drop his crusade against domain names. 1. Block and boycott ... read more ...
Fri 17th October 2008
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ICA Issues Statement on Kentucky Court Ruling - Internet Commerce Association blasts court decision. If you haven’t already heard, the case brought by Kentucky against owners of domain names related to gambling will proceed. The judge announced today that he will not throw out the case. Think of the ramifications if the governor of Kentucky ultimately prevails. Will a court in China decide that America.com spreads democracy and file an order to seize the domain name? Here is the official statement from Jeremiah ... read more ...
Thu 9th October 2008
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Official GoDaddy Statement on Kentucky Domains Case - What is GoDaddy doing with gambling domains? Here’s the official word. There have been a number of rumors swirling around about whether GoDaddy has handed over domains that Kentucky wants to seize as it cracks down on illegal gambling. A number of online gambling news sources have reported that GoDaddy capitulated and turned over the domains, but a look at the whois shows the domains are still in the original owners’ names. (Compare this to the domain names ... read more ...
Fri 26th September 2008
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Governor Beshear Has Bitten Off More Than He Can Chew - Governor of Kentucky’s drastic step to seize domain names may backfire. Beshear: Public Enemy #1 I haven’t written about what’s going on in Kentucky yet. Frankly, I was so dumbfounded by Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear’s action to seize online gambling domain names that I didn’t know what to write. Yesterday I got a call from a reporter for The Courier-Journal and I spent about a half hour talking through the issues with her. (You can see her article here.) ... read more ...