| Posted by: Mousey at January 1, 2008, 3:52 pm | | Topic: Online gambling case pits Antigua against U.S. and challenges WTO Forum: Casino Meister |
Even handed article on FOXnews.com (surprise!) written by Balko of Reason magazine. If this particular article has been referenced already, please forgive.
Internet Gambling Ban: Why You Should Oppose It
Early on in the article he discusses the weirdities of the WTO dispute and then goes into how this stupid gambling ban affects us all.
the final bits says:
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The other reason even non-gamblers ought to be concerned about all of this is that it will be difficult for the government to enforce this ban without giving law enforcement some exceptionally broad powers. Federal authorities can't arrest the owners of gaming sites because they're based offshore, in countries where gambling is legal (unless they're foolish enough to come to the U.S.). The only option, then, is to go after the gamblers themselves. That means deputizing banks, credit card companies, and Internet Service Providers to start monitoring their customers spending and web surfing habits. Because the penalties against these companies for iolating the law are likely to be severe and because the law specifically exempts them from liability for over-enforcement, your bank and ISP are likely to err on the side of banning legal transactions and erroneously reporting you to federal authorities than to err on the side of leaving you alone.
You needn't make your living playing Texas Hold 'Em to worry about the effects of the government requiring your bank and ISP to spy on you. If there's any good news in all of this, it's that technology and globalization have made it increasingly difficult for Congress to enforce its own morality on our private behavior.
The bad news is that because of that, the government will continue to seek increasingly broad powers to get its way.
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