I've got to stop reading the law blogs that I have linked. I keep finding laws that I disagree with. Take this "fraud" legislation for example. To some extent this is a takings (I know I am misusing the terminology, but I think the concept of taking needs expansion) in that places like Whitehouse.com have a tradename already. Let's face it. Whitehouse.com was originally meant to get people to go there, but over time it has become famous and a trade name. Whitehouse.com being forced to move to Freakydeakythingsinawhitebuilding.com is going to cost them some money. Granted, I haven't read the legislation to see if it has a grandfather clause, but if it doesn't Congress is certainly doing its best to shut down the porn industry. (Which makes me think that if the government tries to wipe out this "cash cow" the unexpected results could be a) that their tax revenue will go down and Congress will pass that down to you and me and b) that companies will move off shore and get .tv domain names and totally limit their tax risk.) Anyway, if there was truly fraud involved with what they were doing on the internet, it seems to me that the companies could be liable for that under existing laws. But once again, that is my knee-jerk, I haven't done the research response.

I really need to stop reading those websites. See, two political posts in a row! What is this page coming too?