Supreme Court Rules on Sex.com - GoFuckYourself.com

xxweekxx · 06-14-2003, 12:02 AM

Sex.com is a domain that was originally registered by Gary Kremen who registered it through Network Solutions which is now called Verisign. Stephen Cohen used a letter forged with Kremen's name so he could become the domain's owner.
Thanks to this tactic, Cohen became the head of a multi-million dollar Internet porn empire while Kremens spent 6 years in court fighting to get the domain back. Cohen is to pay $65 million in damages for what he did.
However, since Cohen has escaped to Mexico, it may be impossible to recover the damages. Verisign may lose money for the erroneous transfer. Verisign states that domains are not property but the Supreme Court's ruling appears to contradict this.

Source: news.bbc.co.uk

SleazyDream · 06-14-2003, 12:06 AM

i wonder if the fake signed name thing would work on other urls................

hummmm................

SpaceAce · 06-14-2003, 12:06 AM

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Originally posted by xxweekxx
Verisign states that domains are not property but the Supreme Court's ruling appears to contradict this.

That's a total crock of shit. They just don't want to be liable for damages due to their fuckup. When their defense is down to that, you know they're on thin ice.

SpaceAce

Gutterboy · 06-14-2003, 12:07 AM

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Originally posted by SpaceAce

That's a total crock of shit. They just don't want to be liable for damages due to their fuckup. When their defense is down to that, you know they're on thin ice.

SpaceAce

Yep. I'm itching to see them get fucked in the ass over this.

freeadultcontent · 06-14-2003, 12:08 AM

Could it be possible that sex.com could end up owning verisign due to this?

GTS Mark · 06-14-2003, 12:12 AM

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Originally posted by SleazyDream
i wonder if the fake signed name thing would work on other urls................

hummmm................

I'm handwriting one out to Network Solutions right now for Sleazydream.com. I'm even going to include one of your cards!

Hahahahaha tomorrow I will own the #4 site on Sextracker!!

DH

Rico · 06-14-2003, 12:16 AM

kewl, maybe I will see him somewhere and rat him out!

(rubs hands together...)

or take a bribe to NOT rat him out.

lil2rich4u2 · 06-14-2003, 12:30 AM

I have a letter from some guy named lensman saying i am to be the newly appointed CEO of adult.com

never took it seriously though.

clickpimp · 06-14-2003, 12:36 AM

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Originally posted by freeadultcontent
Could it be possible that sex.com could end up owning verisign due to this?

methinks verisign is worth more than $100M - but gary will be able to treat his wounds ok with that measely settlement anyway if he wins the case against verisign too -- don't worry.

triplab · 06-14-2003, 01:35 AM

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Originally posted by clickpimp

methinks verisign is worth more than $100M - but gary will be able to treat his wounds ok with that measely settlement anyway if he wins the case against verisign too -- don't worry.

is that all he's suing for? damn, ppc must be working out after all.

MetaMan · 06-14-2003, 01:45 AM

so who is currently running sex.com?

quiet · 06-14-2003, 01:47 AM

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Originally posted by MetaMan
so who is currently running sex.com?

Gary Kremen owns it. he always did, just had it stolen from him for awhile.

MetaMan · 06-14-2003, 01:49 AM

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Originally posted by quiet

Gary Kremen owns it. he always did, just had it stolen from him for awhile.

ahhh okie, i was confused,
i am so out of it you people have no idea how bad of a headache bug spray can give u ahhhh my brain feels puffed out,
bedtime!

Paul Markham · 06-14-2003, 04:30 AM

The stupid thing is that Verisign let it actually get to court.

The moment the query was raised they should have done something about it, from what I read they just denied it then ignored it.

You have to ask yourself why, what was in it for them?

And these idiots are still in charge of URL registrations?

kmanrox · 06-14-2003, 06:11 AM

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Originally posted by charly
The stupid thing is that Verisign let it actually get to court.

The moment the query was raised they should have done something about it, from what I read they just denied it then ignored it.

You have to ask yourself why, what was in it for them?

And these idiots are still in charge of URL registrations?

only an idiot would still be paying $30 or $35 for a domain per year nowadays anyways....

freeme · 06-14-2003, 06:17 AM

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Originally posted by kmanrox

only an idiot would still be paying $30 or $35 for a domain per year nowadays anyways....

hahahahahaha

35 per year???

people are STILL paying that?

newbs

Tipsy · 06-14-2003, 06:17 AM

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Originally posted by charly
....from what I read they just denied it then ignored it.

They do that to everything and everyone then wonder why they lose business and end up in shit like this.

I hope the fuckers get hit and hit hard. They've had it coming for a very long time.

06-14-2003, 12:02 AM	#1
xxweekxx Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 6,780	Supreme Court Rules on Sex.com Sex.com is a domain that was originally registered by Gary Kremen who registered it through Network Solutions which is now called Verisign. Stephen Cohen used a letter forged with Kremen's name so he could become the domain's owner. Thanks to this tactic, Cohen became the head of a multi-million dollar Internet porn empire while Kremens spent 6 years in court fighting to get the domain back. Cohen is to pay $65 million in damages for what he did. However, since Cohen has escaped to Mexico, it may be impossible to recover the damages. Verisign may lose money for the erroneous transfer. Verisign states that domains are not property but the Supreme Court's ruling appears to contradict this. Source: news.bbc.co.uk

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Paul Markham Too old to care Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: On the sofa, watching TV or doing my jigsaws. Posts: 52,943	The stupid thing is that Verisign let it actually get to court. The moment the query was raised they should have done something about it, from what I read they just denied it then ignored it. You have to ask yourself why, what was in it for them? And these idiots are still in charge of URL registrations? __________________ Blowout deal. 880 videos, 2,400 image sets, plus many RAW videos. $500. PM me for a deal. Skype Paulmarkham70