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Oct. 31, 2008 Post

Here's the The Lowdown from DNJournal.com! Updated daily to fill you in on the latest buzz going around the domain name industry!

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BoycottKentucky.com is asking domain owners to call the office of Kentucky governor Steve Beshear en masse today (Oct. 31) to express their displeasure with his attempt to take over 

141 gambling related domain names through a highly controversial claim that the state has jurisdiction over those names. The phone number at Beshear's office is (502) 564-2611. Some of those calling say they are getting an answering machine where they are leaving a message expressing their views. 

If Kentucky's action is upheld by the courts, then everyone's domain names would be at risk to any local governing body that feels like taking over those names. 

BoycottKentucky.com is also asking domainers to refuse to do business with corporations based in that state and to write corporate offices to let them know why (a list of company addresses is provided on the site). Earlier this week site creator Jeff Reynolds wrote "We’ve already encouraged you to stop drinking bourbon as part of our worldwide boycott of everything Kentucky. We’ve also advised you to express your outrage against Kentucky Governor Beshear’s ill-advised domain grab by skipping Pizza Hut, KFC, Taco Bell, Long John Silvers and A&W Restaurants (Editor's Note: you can also write to the parent company of those business, YUM Brands, by contacting their Senior VP for Investor Relations, Tim Jerzik at yum.investor @ yum.com). Today, we highlight the fact that both Papa John’s Pizza and Dippin’ Dots are both based in Kentucky."

Kentucky Judge Thomas Wingate has scheduled a final hearing on the seizure order for 10am November 17th. If he upholds the governor's position you can expect a fierce court battle to follow. 
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