[Chapter-delegates] Article on Swiss gambling Law

[Jorma Mellin]

Hi all,

Introducing blocking is IMHO same as closing eyes to the problem in question.
When request comes from politicians/parliaments it is usually to protect some key value of the society.
When requests comes from court it is usually what ever the prosecutor is demanding (in her favour).

My opinion is, that if a national gaming system can’t take the heat from competition (foreign or not) it really
should fail. Make a better product, learn and adapt.
If a court decide that something need to be blocked the defendant should point out that all blocking is
against information society building and therefore harmful for the society as whole. Blocking mean that
it cannot be monitored, followed, studied, analysed, learned from .. anymore. How the heck could anyone
anymore know how the competition, user community and applications/business models are evolving.
Hence, the information society cannot develop and it becomes even more difficult to adapt later. Maybe this
could be taken into consideration before making the final judgement.

Rgds,

Jorma

> On 07 Mar 2017, at 14:47, Richard Hill <rhill at hill-a.ch> wrote:
> 
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> We have just posted an article on the new Swiss gambling law, see:
> 
> https://www.isoc.ch/archives/2653    
> 
> As you will see, we are criticizing the fact that it includes blocking measures which we consider to be ineffective and inappropriate.
> 
> Best,
> Richard
> 
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