JC, I was hoping you might comment on this post. Thanks. I agree with you entirely.
Hartley, I don't know much about the wire act, but I would have thought it related to domestic (or intrastate) telecommunications. Even if this is not the case, the logic still stands that if the Yahoo ruling is right - and I think we all agree that it is - then the US government has no right in passing laws that prevent its citizens from "virtually" going to other jurisdictions to legally gamble. I fail to see the difference.
The potential for hypocrisy here is mind boggling:
Other countries can't dictate what is and is not legal to US companies, but the US can dictate to foreign companies?
Gambling is ok provided the beneficiaries are US companies (and US government through taxes), but for foreign gambling entities and regulatory bodies it's not ok?
Unbelievable. |