Re: Internet.na.us intenet.me.iq internet.uk.eu

[Florian Weimer <fw () deneb enyo de>]

* Drsolly:

> > You are looking for censorship at the wrong places.  Have you ever
> > wondered why you cannot use Paypal for online gambling?
>
> Yes, and I came up with the following.
>
> Paypal is a private company, so they're not forced to accept any business 
> they don't want to accept, just like a restaurant isn't forced to serve 
> duck if they don't want to.

In this case, the risk doesn't come from shady business partners
(hell, there's at least one online gambling provider listed in the
FTSE 100), but from U.S. laws banning betting and wagering over
telecommunication networks (the 1961 Wire Act or something like that).

See <http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/usamarch2001_5.htm>, for
example.
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