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KY Appeals Court Nixes Seizure of Gambling-Linked Domains

Posted by timothy on from the stick-to-the-whiskey-making dept.

davidwr writes "A state appeals court in Kentucky ruled that the state courts cannot seize domain names as 'gambling devices.' The court ruled that 'it's up to the General Assembly — not the courts nor the state Justice Cabinet — to bring domain names into the definition of illegal gambling devices.'"

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  1. Kentucky by samriel · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can hear the banjos floating over them thar internets now, clogging up the tubes...

  2. Re:a network not a jurisdiction by internerdj · · Score: 4, Funny

    The great firewall of Kentucky...

  3. KY? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought this article was about something else entirely. Sure, Kentucky makes more sense, but its much less ... appealing.

    I'm disappointed. Disappointed and dry.

  4. KY by MyLongNickName · · Score: 4, Funny

    I saw KY, and thought it was some elaborate goatse troll.

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  5. The ruling was obvious by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Things don't sieze up when you lube up with KY.

  6. Re:This Kind of Thinking by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    the state has more important problems to address.

    You have obviously never met our leadership.

    "asshats"

    Nevermind, I guess you have.

    I was once at small meeting that Trey Grayson (secretary of state) held for some students, the day after he had gotten his iPhone 3G...30 minutes of the discussion were spent discussing it instead of his policies, work, etc. As funny as it was, I sometimes hate to think that that could be what's going on in the state capital...

  7. Re: ack by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Great. Just great. We have a story about KY, and the highest modded +5 has to inform us "IANAL."

    This is rather disturbing indeed.