For the most part, yes. It would be the ol’ “aiding and abetting” bull-caca. There are three ways to come after me:
1) Breaking the law directly by offering “gambling information”
2) By linking to “illegal operations” and therefore aiding and abetting.
3) By getting paid from funds which are “tainted”.
Freedom of speech is not absolute. And more specifically, there are three types of speech. The good old dialouge like we have here… Political speech… and commercial speech.
Commercial speech has had more restrictions placed on it than any other form of “free speech”.
Also true. Although, if push comes to shove, this may well be the area where the law is most vulnerable to challenge. Can I live in this state (where marijuana is illegal) and own a legally operated “smoke shop” in Amsterdam? Can I live in this state (where prostitution is illegal) and own a legally operated brothel in Nevada?
If so, why can’t I own a website based in the UK where it’s all legal and still live here? Because the internet is virtual and goes everywhere? The argument is not only a slippery slope, but a rediculously ignorant slippery slope…
However, in post-September 11th nazi-America, don’t think it won’t happen. I’ve come to realize that just becasue something is so obviously wrong, so obviously stupid, and so obviously against all common sense doesn’t mean our government won’t try it.