Kentucky Appeals Court Tells Kentucky To Hold Off Seizing Domains </h3>While a lower court in Kentucky had <a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081020/0058002578.shtml">agreed </a> to allow the state to seize 141 domain names as being illegal gambling devices despite having nothing to do with the state of Kentucky, other than being available on internet connections there (and everywhere else), an appeals court has now <a href="http://www.pokerlistings.com/appeals-court-grants-stay-in-kentucky-case-32901">issued an injunction to stop the state from seizing the domains </a> until the appeal can be heard. While we still have to wait for the full appeal, at least damage won't be done in the interim. There's one other interesting note in the article, which is that Kentucky's Attorney General appears to be trying to distance himself from the case. Even though most state actions are normally taken by the AGs office, in this case, the lawsuit was filed by the state's Secretary of Justice and Public Safety (there's some question if it's legal for this person to bring the suit). Either way, the AG's name was on the case, but he's now specifically asked to have his name removed from the case. That seems like quite a statement. When even the Attorney General of the state wants nothing to do with the lawsuit, perhaps it's time for the state to admit it overstepped some legal bounds.
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