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The Kentucky case has really caught headlines because of the fact that the Kentucky government is planning to seize 141 domain names related to online casino gambling in some way. It doesn’t matter in which country these sites are registered, the Kentucky government contends that it has the right to confiscate all 141 domain names. The rationale? Because the internet gambling sites are not only “illegal gambling devices,” but because they owe the Kentucky government compensation for revenue lost in the past couple of years due to competition with the land betting industry by the internet casinos.

Now, many all over the world are watching the Kentucky issue incredulously because of the dangerous precedence this case would set for the international internet gambling industry, let alone the impact on the 141 online casinos facing domain name seizure. Quite frankly, this current situation is right out of left field in terms of the way that the world’s major (and minor for that matter) countries have approached banning content from their country or even specifically attempting to block online casino gambling sites.

The Executive Director at the Internet Commerce Association, Michael Collins, had some choice words on the issue – he, rightly, pointed out that if this case passes, what is to stop other countries (like China) from using this as precedence to seize the domain names of any site (and there are many) that break the country’s laws? If the Kentucky action passes, there is no telling the way that other countries could respond to this case.