Ecommerce: Hillbilly Court Attempts to Destroy the Internet
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11-12-2008, 01:45 PM,
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Ecommerce: Hillbilly Court Attempts to Destroy the Internet
Quote:A Kentucky court case that seeks to regulate access to online gambling could have a dramatic impact on the conduct of e-commerce that would go far beyond whether Americans get to indulge in games of chance on the Web. Can a state court seize a domain name if a Web site is found in violation of local laws? Quote:Lost in the furious run-up to the November elections was a Kentucky court ruling that could unravel a long-established legal argument supporting basic e-commerce activity: namely, that local or state governments cannot extend their reach into cyberspace to impose their own laws on a Web site. full article: http://ecommercetimes.com/story/Kentucky...65111.html |
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11-12-2008, 03:10 PM,
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Re: Ecommerce: Hillbilly Court Attempts to Destroy the Internet
Quote:"A reversal would have a chilling effect on e-commerce," he told the E-Commerce Times. It could also have a chilling effect on free speech. |
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11-12-2008, 05:52 PM,
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Re: Ecommerce: Hillbilly Court Attempts to Destroy the Internet
Personally, I think we should kick the hillbilly southern states and certain backward western states (Texas, Arizona, and NM come to mind) out of the union. We would then have far fewer crap laws (and R. wingnuts) to deal with. tolensmiley: |
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11-13-2008, 03:51 PM,
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11-14-2008, 12:11 PM,
(This post was last modified: 11-14-2008, 12:18 PM by mandy.)
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Re: Ecommerce: Hillbilly Court Attempts to Destroy the Internet
EFF and the ACLU filed a friends of the court brief on November 12th opposing the Kentucky ruling:
Quote:The Amicus Curiae took a decidedly different view of domain names, arguing they are more akin to maps or street signs that do nothing more than direct people to the location - in this case the unique internet protocol address - of a computer server. As such, a government action suppressing the use of a domain name violates the Free Speech rights guaranteed by the First Amendment, the groups said. full article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/14/...ab_amicus/ EFF announcement: http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2008/11/13 Full text of the amicus brief filing: http://www.eff.org/files/filenode/ky_v_d...riefky.pdf A copy of the October court ruling: http://www.eff.org/files/filenode/ky_v_d...omains.pdf |
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