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State of Kentucky Seizes Control of 141 Domain Names
ashmodai9 writes "In a rather interesting (read: insane) decision, a district judge in the State of Kentucky has awarded control of 141 online gambling domain names to the governor of the state. Most of these are hosted offshore, and very few are registered under US domain name registrars, let alone registrars in the State of Kentucky (are there any?). You can check out the press release here, and confirm that the Commonwealth of Kentucky does in fact now 'own' these domain names by performing a WHOIS search on any of the domains listed here."
What I'd really like to gain control of are those 11 secret herbs and spices.
window.location.replace('http://pwned.ky.us/');
Michael J. Ryan - tracker1.info
Simple. The judge says "I'm teh reel ultimate powerz and my gavel sez I PWN TEHSE NAMES ON THE TUBES!" And since he ordered it, it must obviously happen.
Next up, Judge Orders Construction of Perpetual Motion Machine.
UTF-8: There and Back Again
what's the over/ under on how many days before kentucky reverses itself?
and what site should i go to to get a piece of that action?
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
Next we'll see China seize 141 illegal democracy websites, such as whitehouse.gov.
and not all white men are rich or powerful
There goes my dating chances...
Michael J. Ryan - tracker1.info
Domain Name: GOLDENCASINO.COM
Registrant:
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Michael Brown (secretaryofjustice@ky.gov)
I call him Gamblor, and it's time to snatch our mothers from his neon claws!
Ah, arrogance and stupidity, all in the same package. How efficient of you. -- Londo Mollari
I'll bet that's what's going to happen.
Not on offshore gambling websites you wont! So says a district judge in Kentucky! Stick that in your pipe and smoke it!
Quick everybody call that number!
Next up, Judge Orders Construction of Perpetual Motion Machine.
Easy, just make a wheel where the relationship between the circumference and diameter is exactly 3.
Registrant:
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Michael Brown (secretaryofjustice@ky.gov)
Wow, how do I get an @ky.org e-mail address? Hopefully it's a slick and water-soluble process!
Alaskan politicians are good at understanding the internet
Bottles.
I like in Kentucky, and I'm heavily involved in politics here, so I think I can answer that question with some authority:
Gambling makes the baby Jesus cry.
You may notice that I made no attempt to disclaim that answer as sarcasm. That's because it's not. People here literally want to stop gambling because it's supposedly immoral.
To the rest of the world: I'm sorry for our idiotic governor. I promise to help stop his re-election in 2011.
Al Gore should control it, after all, he invented it.
Layne
All your base belong to kentuckeeeeeeeeeee
What next Kentucky, a Slander suit to get the domain name away from Kentucky Fried Chicken?
Sick of stupidity? http://www.patentlystupid.com
Sarah Palin
Al Gore invented The Internet
The same internet that's a "series of tubes" to Ted Stevens.
And the "series of tubes" guy Stevens is also the "bridge to nowhere" guy.
And the "bridge to nowhere" was supported, then disclamed, by Palin.
Full circle. OMFG! It's a cabal trying to control the world!
(-1: Post disagrees with my already-settled worldview) is not a valid mod option.
I wonder how many people need to get screwed before ICANN goes properly international.
Screw that, let's just make our own Internet. With Blackjack. And Hookers.
Unless, you know, some judge in Kentucky doesn't want us to.
- RG>
Hey pal, this isn't a pleasantforest, so don't waste my time with pleasantries!
Maybe someone should charge the owner of that address with spreading malware. The Commonwealth of Kentucky I believe.