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)
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] (April 5, 2001)
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] (April 4, 2001)
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] (February 7, 2001)
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)
Former Sex.com Owner Claims Poverty, Slavery
News and discussion forum. [Techdirt] (January 30, 2002)
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)
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)
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] (January 30, 2001)
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)
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