Comments on: Perspectives Weekly http://pokerati.com/2008/10/10/perspectives-weekly-21/ Texas Hold'em and Las Vegas WSOP Poker Blog, now with PLO too! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mulberry outlet http://pokerati.com/2008/10/10/perspectives-weekly-21/comment-page-1/#comment-181189 Mulberry outlet Thu, 19 May 2011 07:37:00 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=4545#comment-181189  Nice one, there is actually some good facts on this blog some of my friends may find this worthwhile, will send a link, thanks.  Nice one, there is actually some good facts on this blog some of my friends may find this worthwhile, will send a link, thanks.

]]> By: DanM http://pokerati.com/2008/10/10/perspectives-weekly-21/comment-page-1/#comment-159041 DanM Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:15:46 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=4545#comment-159041 I hear what you're saying, CTW ... but I still think it's a bigger deal than that, because ICANN respects the rulings of American courts. I know the causes of action were different in the Bodog case ... but still, they lost their domain. I hear what you’re saying, CTW … but I still think it’s a bigger deal than that, because ICANN respects the rulings of American courts. I know the causes of action were different in the Bodog case … but still, they lost their domain.

]]> By: www.codingthewheel.com http://pokerati.com/2008/10/10/perspectives-weekly-21/comment-page-1/#comment-159029 www.codingthewheel.com Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:33:45 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=4545#comment-159029 Regarding the KY governor's attempted seizing of domain names: 1) It's political grandstanding before an election. 2) Kentucky isn't claiming it has the right to shut down any website in the world. The legal issue here is the domain name REGISTRARS, like GoDaddy, Network Solutions, etc. Many online gaming sites were registered through U.S. registrars (stupidly) and these registrars absolutely can be touched across state lines. Question: Why at no point in the past X years did any of the 140-odd domains facing seizure simply do a domain name transfer from U.S. registrars to overseas registrars? Why did they use a U.S. registrar to begin with. Staggeringly short-sighted behavior for a multi-billion dollar industry. The KY domain grab will fail, but it never should've been allowed to happen in the first place. Regarding the KY governor’s attempted seizing of domain names:

1) It’s political grandstanding before an election.

2) Kentucky isn’t claiming it has the right to shut down any website in the world. The legal issue here is the domain name REGISTRARS, like GoDaddy, Network Solutions, etc. Many online gaming sites were registered through U.S. registrars (stupidly) and these registrars absolutely can be touched across state lines.

Question: Why at no point in the past X years did any of the 140-odd domains facing seizure simply do a domain name transfer from U.S. registrars to overseas registrars? Why did they use a U.S. registrar to begin with.

Staggeringly short-sighted behavior for a multi-billion dollar industry. The KY domain grab will fail, but it never should’ve been allowed to happen in the first place.

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