Kentucky Domain Seizure Craps Out
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at 02:58PM
Steve Cosentino in Domain Names, New Technology, Old Laws, eCommerce

Earlier this fall, we blogged about a potential seizure of 141 domain names by the State of Kentucky. A three-judge panel of the Kentucky Court of Appeals recently issued an order prohibiting the enforcement of the seizure order.  The original seizure order was based on the premise that domain names, when used in the Internet gambling context, are gambling devices subject to forfeiture.  The panel disagreed with that characterization.

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