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Franklin Circuit Court hearing
 October 6, 2008, 10:21 am (3 years ago)Entering the weekend there has been still a heavy pressure accumulating for Tuesday's Franklin Circuit Court hearing on the legitimacy of the endeavor by the state of Kentucky to take possession of the domain names of some 141 worldwide online gambling companies.
Associated Press is strictly examining the matter, and passes on that Lexington attorney William C. Hurt Jr. has filed a legal brief stating that the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet has a right to confiscate domain names of online casinos which are obtainable to players in the state. He argues that these domains are illegitimate gambling tools' and thus should be in the territory of Kentucky laws banning same.
The meaning of the word "device' is about to be at the center of the discussion Tuesday, as defense attorneys argue that a device "is a piece of tools or a system intended to function for a special reason or execute a particular purpose," and consequently is not appropriate to a domain name.
Hurt is just one of what is believed to be a number of outsourced lawyers trying to close a "no win no pay" agreement with the Kentucky state governor in the case, which gained the consideration of freedom of speech and defense of the Internet supporters in addition to industry and registrar firms damaged by the case.
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