Kentucky’s Case Appealation
The online casino gambling industry hold its breath with hope after the news that the Appeals hearing regarding the case of domain name seizure went quite well. Like the previous predictions stated, the judges decided to take some time before they announce the ruling. According to many of those who were in the courtroom, the outcome of hearing is good for the online casinos gambling site case. The previous, highly controversial ruling, of Judge Wingate has spread all over the world also outside of the online gambling industry as it touches even wider case – Kentucky courts ruled to seizure international domain names and it has no rights to did so, and that exactly could be dangerous for whole internet industry.
In the internet a lot of questionable information and companies could be found as illegal somewhere in the world, moreover it doesn’t have to be such controversial sector of business like online casino gambling, it may be any other that is actually illegal in particular country. However from the other hand, there is Net Neutrality agreement between the countries, which means that even if the some company is illegal in some country it may still exists and operate in the internet. Of course, there are countries which block the particular IP level, China and Myanmar for instance, however it will be the first time that Kentucky state government feel authorized to seizure foreign company’s domain names because of violation of local law.
The fifty minute hearing that took place in the Appeals Court showed that three judges know the whole case very deeply and thoroughly and came with tough question on the process. This obviously shows how important this decision is for judges. There is also no clue which in which the judges go, but a lot of online casino gambling industry followers are full of hope and think that the whole case will have positive and fair outcome.
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