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"The 9th held last Friday that a domain name registrant may sue a registrar, NSI, for
conversion of the registrant’s domain name." [iBusiness Law]
http://ibusinesslaw.info/index.php?p=23&more=1#more23
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Domain Name Theft, Fraud And Regulations
"There is still abundant evidence that there are inadequate procedures in place to ward off
domain name theft." By Rod Dixon. [CircleID]
http://www.circleid.com/article.php?id=P67_0_1_0_C
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Is a Domain Name "Property"?
Article discussing three legal casts that either support or expressly find that a domain name is
not tangible real property, by David Henry Dolkas and S. Tye Menser. [GrayCary]
http://www.graycary.com/gcc/GrayCary-C/News--Arti/Articles/112000.1.doc_cvt.htm
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Sex Site Squatter Fined $65M
"A man who paid $1,000 for the sex.com domain name wins $65m after an online pornographer is
found guilty of hijacking the site." [BBC]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1261930.stm
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Domain Name Theft: When Someone Steals Sex, You Can Get It Back If It's In Cyberspace
Discussion of domain name "theft" and trademark interests. By Rod Dixon. [Domain Notes]
http://www.domainnotes.com/news/article/0,,5281_524111_1,00.html
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Former Sex.com Owner Claims Poverty, Slavery
News and discussion forum. [Techdirt]
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20020130/103204_F.shtml
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Judge Orders 'Master' for Sex.com
"A federal judge is appointing a special adviser to wade into the long-standing dispute over
the domain name sex.com. The move could help settle several unresolved questions." By Joanna
Glasner. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,41480,00.html
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Court to Get Control of Sex.net
"When the former operator of sex.com lost ownership of the lucrative site, it was just the
beginning. He now stands to lose custody of -- and the income from -- dozens of other porn domains
under terms of a new court order." By Joanna Glasner. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,41663,00.html
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Net Closes on the Thief of Sex.com
"Everybody wants a piece of the action. Sex.com, the most sought-after address on the world
wide web, is at the centre of a remarkable legal dispute involving a fugitive porn baron, betrayed
business partners and billions of pounds in potential profits." By Nick Paton Walsh.
[Observer]
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4150022,00.html
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The Sordid Tale of Sex.com
"Case puts most bizarre domain name back in the spotlight." By David Lawlor. [CNN
Money]
http://money.cnn.com/2001/03/06/sbrunning/biz_sex/
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Sex.com Changes Hands
"An internet businessman has been stripped of ownership of porn portal sex.com following a
ruling by a Californian court." By John Leyden. [Register]
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/15061.html
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Sex.com Owner Wins $65M Damages
[Ad] "A Californian e-entrepreneur has won $65 million in damages over a stolen domain
name." By Linda Harrison. [Register]
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/18103.html
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Manhunt Starts for Sex.com Snatcher
"The owner of Sex.com is offering a $50,000 (£35,000) reward for information leading to the
arrest of the man who stole the saucy domain from him." By Tim Richardson. [Register]
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/19325.html
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A Case of Sex Appealed
" Stephen Michael Cohen, the man who operated the porn site for the past five years, is now
asking a judge to suspend a transfer of the domain back to Gary Kremen, the San Francisco
entrepreneur who first registered the site more than six years ago." By Joanna Glasner.
[Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,40544,00.html
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Sex.com Dispute in Final Stage?
"The fight for control of the domain name sex.com is entering a new -- and perhaps final --
round." By Joanna Glasner. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,40881,00.html
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Sex.com Spends Day on Trial
"Nearly everything was in place Thursday for opening day in a trial to determine damages in
the legal battle over the domain name sex.com." By Joanna Glasner. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,42328,00.html
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A Kinder, Gentler Sex.com
"This week, Kremen launched a new version of the Sex.com site that's a sharp contrast to its
former incarnation." By Joanna Glasner. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,42837,00.html
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Yahoo Battles sex.com over Link
"Yahoo Inc., which is trying to distance itself from adult-oriented merchandise and
advertising, has landed in another sex skirmish." [Wall Street Journal]
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-530578.html
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Cost of Sex.com Theft: $65 Mil
"A federal judge brought the high stakes dispute over the website sex.com to a dramatic close
by ordering the former operator of the domain name to pay $65 million in damages for fraudulently
taking control of the site." By Joanna Glasner. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,42835,00.html
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Sex.com Loser Claims Poverty
"The man who took credit for turning the domain name Sex.com into a multimillion-dollar porn
empire now says he is too poor to afford toilet paper." By Josanna Glasner. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,50104,00.html
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Sex.com Sells (When It's Not Stolen)
News of the judgment against Stephen Cohen, with discussion forum. [Plastic]
http://www.plastic.com/article.pl?sid=01/04/05/1535214&mode=thread
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California Plaintiff Gets Sex.com Back
"Judge rules the lucrative domain name was misappropriated." By Shannon Lafferty. [The
Recorder]
http://www.law.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=law/View&c=Article&....
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Sex.com Offers $50,000 for Cybersquatter Arrest
"The owner of Sex.com is offering a $50,000 reward for the capture of a man who co-opted the
site for five years." By Lisa M. Bowman. [ZDNet]
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-267633.html
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Sex.com Domain Name Battle Heads Back to Court
"One of the most lucrative domain names on the Internet will take center stage in San Jose,
Calif., this week as a bizarre battle over Sex.com returns to court." By Paul Festa. [ZDNet]
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-528729.html
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Sex.com Returned to Original Owner
News and discussion forum. [Slashdot]
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/04/05/0448236&mode=nested
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This Sex Drama's Getting Hot
"The ownership of perhaps the most valuable domain name on the Internet, sex.com, could be
decided within two weeks." by Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,38019,00.html
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Eminent Domain Name
"In a federal court in San Diego on Feb. 3, attorneys for Kremen and Cohen faced off again in
one of the Internet's longest and most lurid lawsuits." By Jon Swartz. [Forbes]
http://www.forbes.com/2000/02/07/feat.html
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Sex.com: A Chapter of Prurient Jurisprudence Closes
"San Jose U.S. District Court Judge James Ware ruled in favor of Kremen this week, finding
that one Stephen Michael Cohen was guilty of fraudulently hi-jacking the sultry site and ultimately
turning it into a multi-million dollar gig." [InternetNews]
http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article/1,2171,3_520901,00.html
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Judge Returns sex.com Domain to Owner
"A federal judge barred the current owner of the Web address 'Sex.com' from using the Internet
domain name after finding he fraudulently obtained rights to it." [USA Today/Bloomberg]
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/cti845.htm
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Judge Orders Sex.com Returned
"Federal Judge James Ware has ordered the domain name sex.com be returned to the man who
registered it six years ago, and required Cohen and the Ocean Fund to deposit $25 million with the
court." By Joanna Glasner. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,40380,00.html
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URLs Aren't Property?
"A judge ruled in a lawsuit about the alleged illegal transfer of the domain name 'sex.com'
that URLs do not qualify as property, at least under current law." News and archived
discussion. [Slashdot]
http://slashdot.org/articles/00/08/27/2149230.shtml
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Sex.com Saga Still Sizzling
"If a domain isn't actual property according to law, and it's stolen -- as the original
sex.com owner claims it was -- then how can he get it back, along with the millions he's
lost?" By Craig Bicknell. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,36247,00.html
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Sex.com Ruling: It Wasn't Stolen
"Domains aren't property, a judge rules in the long, sordid case of sex.com. Therefore, the
guy who managed to grab it from its first owner doesn't have to give it back." By Craig
Bicknell. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,38398,00.html
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The Sordid Saga of Sex.com
"Stephen Cohen built a US$100-million porn empire on Sex.com. There's just one problem. The
two-time convicted felon stole the name, foes say." By Craig Bicknell. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,19140,00.html
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Is There a Hex on Sex.com?
"A lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in San Jose, California, alleges that Mr. Cohen
fraudulently obtained rights to use the name sex.com, and subsequently has been reaping millions of
dollars in profits ever since." By Tom Davey. [RedHerring.com]
http://www.redherring.com/industries/2000/0207/ind-sex020700.html
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