GoDaddy Response to Online Casino Action: 2
GoDaddy is actually the champion of the domain name registrars right now – the
company is virtually the only of the stateside registrars to put up a bit of a
fight rather than rolling over to comply with Judge Wingate’s request that the
registrars hand over control of the online casino gambling domain names. GoDaddy
is really at the frontlines of this debate and has stood on the side of the
online casinos every step of the way. The Company has a legal representative in
Kentucky right now awaiting the verdict on the case, Christine Jones is a part
of the General Counsel and has prepared the statements and arguments for GoDaddy
and GoDaddy’s clients
One really important point to note that the reason that GoDaddy is fighting the
seizure of the online casino gambling domain names so vehemently is because of
justice really. GoDaddy feels that the online casino gambling sites got the
short end of the stick in this case because they were not able to present their
side of the story.
So what will happen tot the online gambling domains? At this point though,
GoDaddy “issued a registrar certificate to the state that says the court has
jurisdiction over the issue, but it doesn't have control over the domains,”
commented Jones on the issue. This is a very temporary solution though for the
online casino gambling sites facing seizure though because GoDaddy will turn the
sites over in the end if it is mandated by the courts in the upcoming ruling. |