Dominique wrote:
but common sense would say that this is above and beyond plain advertising.
As my long post points out, I think it’s important that people understand what they are involved in.
The “I’m just an advertiser” will not work in the US. Google the trouble the World Poker Tour got into for “just advertising” gambling sites.
It’s kind of like just advertising cocaine use. Uh, cocaine is illegal in the us and promoting the use of it will not be allowed. I’m not sure how anyone ever thought this business was legal.
You’ve seen all the .net commercials that run now. Check out major US business like http://www.bluffmagazine.com and how every link on there site is .net.
Affiliates are much harder to track down, but unless you have .net free sites on your affiliate pages, you’re subject to fines from the US justice department.