http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=7230&sequence=0
Well, I'm not exactly sure how I feel about this. Bush signed this into effect last month, but they've started making arrests now and its gonna go under the microscope.
I think its bullshit. I'm not suggesting that the internet is some magical never-neverland where laws don't apply (though with some of the shit Linn posts, you wonder). Where does U.S. jurisdiction end and begin in the land of no borders? Look at websites like thepiratebay.org; a .torrent site based in Sweden that cannot be charged with any crimes because Sweden's copyright infringement laws...well...there aren't any. But as an American downloading from there, you can be charged.
Still, I have a friend who has made a shitload of money (about 4x the average American's annual salary) with internet poker..he dropped out of college to play...he's good. Is he gonna get arrested cuz he's an amazing poker player?
Discuss.
Oh, and one more thing I wanted to point out; President Bush is putting money towards eliminating intarweb gambling, so who is putting money towards stopping all the sick shit linn posts...some of those videos are worse than the entire nation's gambling problem.