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Gambling Provision of the SAFE Port Act
by Mike the Usurper at 3:26 pm EDT, Mar 12, 2007 |
`(viii) participation in any game or contest in which participants do not stake or risk anything of value other than-- `(I) personal efforts of the participants in playing the game or contest or obtaining access to the Internet; or `(II) points or credits that the sponsor of the game or contest provides to participants free of charge and that can be used or redeemed only for participation in games or contests offered by the sponsor; or
This is pretty curious. It presents some challenges for online games like WoW (sort of), EQ2 (station exchange has some issues here) and Second Life is really hurting on this, but their exposure may be limited because they expressly say the content is owned by the in game creator of it. I detect some extreme messiness coming out of this one, above and beyond the actual poker places... (Because of the way the Library of Congress handles links, the link here goes to the level above the text of the bill. I can safely say, I despise ho they handle things, it is made to make information as hard as possible to share.) |
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RE: Gambling Provision of the SAFE Port Act
by dc0de at 7:41 pm EDT, Mar 13, 2007 |
Here is a link that take you to the text of the law, and you can then search twice for" "sec. 801" and be taken to the "SEC. 801. SHORT TITLE." http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=109_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ347.109 and yes, that's pretty screwed up... How are they going to enforce this section? ``Notwithstanding section 5362(2),
a financial transaction provider, or any interactive computer service or telecommunications service, may be liable under this subchapter if such person has actual knowledge and control of bets and wagers, and--
``(1) operates, manages, supervises, or directs an Internet website at which unlawful bets or wagers may be placed, received, or otherwise made, or at which unlawful bets or wagers are offered to be placed, received, or otherwise made; or
``(2) owns or controls, or is owned or controlled by, any person who operates, manages, supervises, or directs an Internet website at which unlawful bets or wagers may be placed, received, or otherwise made, or at which unlawful bets or wagers are offered to be placed, received, or otherwise made.''.
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