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UbiSoft Goof Lets Porn URL Into Rainbow Six

Posted by simoniker on from the linkiness-next-to-godliness dept.

Thanks to CNN Money for their article revealing that an enterprising webmaster has purchased a URL featured in UbiSoft's tactical action Xbox title Rainbow Six 3, and constructed a pornographic website hub around it. According to the story, a "level set in a garage with posters adorning the wall" features a specific website address, and "Texan Tony Ashcraft was one of the early buyers of the game and noted the URL as he played. Thinking the link might feature ancillary information on the game, he told me he typed it into his browser, only to find no one owned the domain. On Nov. 22, he bought it and immediately filled it with porn links." Ashcraft, interviewed for the piece, says: "My intentions were to try to build up traffic and then sell the domain... If they ask me just to change it... they would have to have a pretty compelling reason. If they were interested in buying the domain, then we could talk."

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  1. Wee... by burntpsilocybin · · Score: 2, Informative

    Linky...

    1. Re:Wee... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

      No, it's not. According to the FA, url in the game should be registered on Nov/22/2003, but...

      Server used for this query: [ whois.nic.nu ]

      interracialporno.nu is [ 207.246.139.149 ] .NU Domain Ltd Whois service
      Domain Name (ASCII): interracialporno.nu
      Record ID: 32087
      Record last updated on 09-Jan-2003.
      Record expires on 06-Feb-2005.
      Record created on 06-Feb-1999.
      Record status: Active.
      Domain servers in listed order:
      Ns1.hosting.flyingcroc.net
      Ns2.hosting.flyingcroc.net
      Copyright by .NU Domain Ltd - http://www.nunames.nu

      Database last updated: Mon Jan 5 22: 41: 43 2004

  2. Re:Cybersquatting? by Luke+the+Obscure · · Score: 5, Informative
    Really? Only one way? Tell that to the old owners of usatriathalon.com, Pokemon-Trader.com, or vw.net.

    Try Googling "Domain Name Lawsuit" and then tell me there's only one way to get a domain name.

    You may also want to read the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act.

  3. URL by Luigi30 · · Score: 2, Informative

    At least the URL wasn't goatse.cx...

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  4. Re:Great marketing by smothra · · Score: 2, Informative

    Gaaaaah!

    http://www.snopes.com/disney/films/aladdin.htm

    Maaaaah!

    http://www.snopes.com/disney/films/mermaid.htm

    Meh?

    http://www.snopes.com/disney/films/rescuers.htm

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  5. did anybody even bother to check it? by maxmg · · Score: 2, Informative

    I believe the website in question is http://www.carrodoleao.com/, I went and had a look when I first saw it in the game - and there is no porn there whatsoever! There might be soon, however, as the guy who owns the domain seems to be willing to sell...

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