Re: Italian ISPs to Block 'Unlicensed' Online Gaming Websites

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

You're just jealous of our freedom ;-)

> No -- it's kind of in a black hole.
>
> BUT, having said that, the congresscritters are starting to
> introduce bills to either outlaw [1] it, or figure out how to make
> money off of it.
>
> [1] http://www.redherring.com/article.aspx?a=15759
>
> - ferg
>
> -- Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com> wrote:
>
> Is online gambling legal in the USA?
>
> On Wed, 1 Mar 2006, Fergie wrote:
>
> > Via Zone-H.
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > A few hours ago the recently approved measure forcing Italian internet service providers to block unlicensed online 
> > gaming websites entered into force. The censoring method recommended by the [Italian] Amministrazione Autonoma 
> > Monopoli di Stato – the State Monopoly Agency - is based upon the redirection of queries to unauthorized websites 
> > to a dedicated website by using the ISP DNS systems.
> >
> > In addition to censorship, we could potentially be facing massive log-based user listing. As a matter of fact, the 
> > February 7th 2006 much debated measure does not clarify how to technically ban Web sites, while it is extremely 
> > explicit on how transforming Italian internet service providers into unwilling co-operators of an act of Internet 
> > censorship and user listing.
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > More here:
> > http://www.zone-h.org/news/read/id=205992
> >
> > - ferg
> >
> >
> > --
> > "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
> >  Engineering Architecture for the Internet
> >  fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net
> >  ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/

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