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] (December 6, 2000)
California Plaintiff Gets Sex.com Back
"Judge rules the lucrative domain name was misappropriated." By Shannon Lafferty. [The Recorder] (November 28, 2000)
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] (November 28, 2000)
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] (November 28, 2000)
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] (November 28, 2000)
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] (November 28, 2000)
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] (August 27, 2000)
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] (August 25, 2000)
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] (August 4, 2000)
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] (May 11, 2000)
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] (February 7, 2000)
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] (February 7, 2000)
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] (April 15, 1999)
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]
Holding on Property Status of Domain Names is Bad News for NSI
"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] (July 28, 2003)
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] (September 25, 2002)
Former Sex.com Owner Claims Poverty, Slavery
News and discussion forum. [Techdirt] (January 30, 2002)
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] (January 30, 2002)
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] (August 23, 2001)
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] (May 31, 2001)
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