Still More Sex.com

mark_wilkins writes "This morning the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a district court's dismissal of his claims against Network Solutions as a part of Kremen v. Cohen, Et Al.. This is the case in which Gary Kremen, the original owner of sex.com, sued Stephen Cohen and Network Solutions for transferring the sex.com domain to Cohen in response to Cohen's obviously fraudulent letter. While Cohen has fled the country, Network Solutions is still very much here and available to offer up any damages that might be rewarded. The case is going back to the district court for further hearings."

Comments

Yes, but...

[dacarr]

Let's never mind that this could set a precedent in naming standards, can't we just watch this fscking case end? NS is not responsible, the perpetrator is. Send the award to the federal level, let the Internal Revenue Service hunt him down and levy his check as if it were taxes. If he wants to protest, too bad - he may be out of the country now, but he was in the US then, IIRC, and that is how you base the penalty part.

Re:Yes, but...

[Randolpho]

Given that the letter was forged with Gary Kremen's stationary, a better example would be the second mechanic being handed a fake ID and being unable to determine that it was fake.

Under different circumstances, I'd be inclined to agree, but in this case, I'd say NS is not responsible.

One thing I'm concerned about... I was unable to determine if sex.com was actually returned to Gary Kremen. Was it? Network Solutions should certainly be able to take care of that.