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Old 11-14-2007, 03:15 PM
zimmer879 zimmer879 is offline
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Default Re: November 14th: House Judiciary Committee Hearing Thread

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Oops Duke is wrong about the states and the WTO.If any states opt out or any sports league opts out, we will still be outside the WTO decision.

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I agree. She should be arguing that no state or federal government should restrict the individual freedom to gamble online in their own home. However, we may be better off hiding the truth about the IGREA until the WTO grants IP sanctions to Antiqua.

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Weiler posed a hypothetical to Goodlatte along the lines of, "If the technolgy existed to allow remote gaming to only the states in which it was legal, what would be the DOJ's position?" I don't want to put words in his mouth, but doesn't this seem to imply that there might be some workaround room for states rights in regards to the WTO?
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