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Sex.com Case Finally 'Over'

Posted by michael on from the coming-to-a-conclusion dept.

Spad writes "The Register is reporting that Stephen Michael Cohen has, unsurprisingly, lost his appeal against the $65m in costs awarded to Gary Kremen for defrauding him out of the sex.com domain name almost 6 years ago. However, Cohen is currently a fugitive from justice in Mexico, with his assets in various offshore accounts, making it very difficult for Mr Kremen to claim his money. Kremen is now pursuing a $100m suit against VeriSign for signing over the domain in the first place, which he is expected to win." See our previous story for more background.

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  1. End of the internet? by Tickenest · · Score: 5, Funny

    Man, this story just keeps getting funnier. At the end of the article, VeriSign claims in its court filings that if it loses this case and sets a precedent for others who have been defrauded out of their domains, it'll be "the end of the Internet". Anyone wanna set up a Paypal account to collect donations to stave off the end of the Internet?

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    1. Re:End of the internet? by Dark+Paladin · · Score: 5, Funny

      [tongue_in_cheek]

      I think Verisign is suddenly realizing that "Oh - you mean we, as the people who hold onto the domain names, actually have a responsibility to protect our clients against fraud? I mean - what's up with that? Do you go after a bank if somebody writes a whole lot of checks in your name and only offers them a social security card as ID but no picture identification?

      "What? You do? Well, that's just UnAmerican - if businesses are held up to a standard of laws - what? They usually are? Well, shit on me! Who knew!

      "Obviously, this means the end of the Internet, then. Who ever took responsibility for what happened on the Internet?"
      [/tongue_in_cheek]

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  2. 007 must be involved somehow by AtariAmarok · · Score: 4, Funny

    With all the international intrigue, this sounds like a plot for a new film:

    "James Bond: Imminent Domain"

    which has a working title

    "Live and Let Domain-Sqaut"

    (The title "The Spy who SEX.COM'ed me" has been rejected")

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  3. In other words... by seanmeister · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... he lost his sex appeal.

    ba-dum-bum. :-|

  4. Re:Bounty? by Nick+of+NSTime · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've been in gunfights with Mexican police over a $4 bottle of tequila.

  5. Better Title by FutureShoks · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Sex.com case finally reaches climax" would have been a much better title for this story.

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