Yesterday, the Kentucky Court of Appeals struck-down the lower-court ruling which allowed Beshear to "seize" internet domains for gambling websites. Source: http://tinyurl.com/7arvve
In China, the government controls what their people are permitted to see on the internet. Even Google has created a specialized version of their search engine to comply with China's web-filtering.
Why does China filter the internet? They filter political and religious viewpoints contrary to the Communist Party's viewpoints. You can read more about Chinese web-filtering here: http://tinyurl.com/9roduh
Beshear wants to filter internet access to prevent money from leaving the state.
While the reasoning behind blocking access to websites is different, the outcome, were Kentucky to start this trend, would be the same; Government would block websites, depriving individuals of free choice and preventing the free-flowing exchange of knowledge and commerce, in the interest of the "public good".
This ruling, while not directly addressing the issue, is a significant protection of the rights of everyone in Kentucky. The ruling has (for now) avoided the start of a slippery slope towards government regulation and filtering of the internet.
We are not China; at least, not yet.