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Jail Time for Misleading Domain Names
Bootsy Collins writes "The Miami Herald is running a
story
on the first-ever prison sentencing (and, for that matter, prosecution and conviction) under the Federal Truth in Domain Names Act. This act, combined into the larger
Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act (PROTECT) of 2003, made it a violation of U.S. Federal law to use a misleading domain name with the intent to deceive someone into viewing obscene material -- larger penalties if attempting to so mislead minors, but up to two years even if adults are the object. In the case in question, a man was convicted for registering thousands of domain names which were close misspellings of popular web sites for kids. Attempting to surf to those sites would redirect to a site entitled 'Dorm Sex Party.' Before being arrested, the convicted typosquatter made about a million dollars for the referrals." He's been on Slashdot before.
Maybe they will finally put some goat sex up at goatse.cx?
When do we get to use this law against the trolls who disguise goatse and tubgirl links? :)
Help me. I've been modbombed by a few people with entirely too much time on their hands.
Well, hopefully he'll be able to redirect Bubba...
Who doesn't like free music?
On the other hand, going to jail for setting up a website seems....excessive. Surely just taking it down and a fine would be enough?
Definitely. And I have more commentary at my blog sites, slapdot.org, smashdot.org, slashfot.org, skashdot.org and slashdot.dot.org
You have no idea how many times I try to type in hotmail.com and my fingers slip and hotmom.com comes out. Or even worse when I try to visit whitehouse.gov and mis-spell it as goatse.cx.
"Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act (PROTECT) of 2003"
And the PATRIOT act as well...
Do they have some software that generates acronyms that also happen to be (seemingly) appropriate words??
In the free world the media isn't government run; the government is media run.
There are no goats, and those non-existant goats don't seem to be having sex.
For the goat-lovers amongst us the domain name probably caused them great mental anguish due to its misleading nature.
There is this one site called www.hornyteens.com , and after very careful research, I think some of those girls are actually probably in their early twenties, or late twenties. I want my money back.
Hopefully I didn't put any [] around my words.
Yes, they do.
EVERYDAY IS CATURDAY
I think Hotmail.com should be prosecuted for diverting traffic off of Hotmale.com. Some kids expecting gay pr0n might be offended by the usual "Enlarge your penis".
You are either the gaotse guy or you know way too much about the goatse guy... either way, I need a shower ;)
He really is going to understand the phrase "Federal Bang Me in the A$$ Prison"
err, this is slashdot, the odds are good that prison isn't much different than moms basement, no windows, well except for the whole never bending at the waist thing and he would have...
wait
for
it...
One Meeelion Dollars
note to self, slashdot and alcohol are a bad mix.
What I saw was just plain pathetic
Insect porn? Yes, that does sound pretty pathetic.
Around here most of the ants just run around naked all the time. You need a magnifying glass to see anything of course, but then things really get hot.
From the article: "Zuccarini admitted in court documents that one reason he preyed on websites popular among children was ''because children are more likely than adults to make spelling errors and to mis-type website addresses,'' prosecutors said.
If he had made the statement that he misspelled the domain names to attract adults, thats one thing, but in his case intention is everything. He should of received 30 years.
Clearly Mr. Zucchini is a fool. Adults are just as likely to make spelling and grammar errors as children nowadays.
Instead of "Dorm sex party" his website will have to say "Cell Block assrape festival." He's going to be passed around like a joint and won't be able to sit down for a week before they're done with him.
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What about taking pictures of children naked? Especially if you do it surrepticiously. You're not touching them... you're not giving or showing them anything! Gee that shouldn't be illegal at all!
"Attempted murder! Now what is that, really! Do they give a Nobel prize for attempted chemistry?"
That sounds disgusting. I'd love to see it. Link please? And could I get that with Blue Cheese dressing instead? And big red straps?
FIVThese children will not be scarred for life, nor will they become criminals or low-lifes just because they say a guy cumming on a woman's tits. Wake up to reality.
... beating faster ...... hormones ... raging ... thought of tits ... filling mind ... urge to commit crime ... rising ... RIIIISING!
heart
make sure his cell mate knows about the KP conviction
Snowden and Manning are heroes.
"When does this law apply to SiteFinder?"
When laws start applying to Verisign
Dammit... since you're the proprieter of the 'autopr0n' website, can I sue you for not providing me with vehicle-based pornography?
Not that I'm saying I'm the type of guy to get off on watching a cute Asian car get jump-started by two big black American limousines, nor enjoy in any way watching a car park full of BMWs do each other, or monster trucks or...... ahem... doesn't do it for me at all.
No, I spend all my time perusing goatse like a good Slashdotter, but if I was that way inclined, then I'd feel pretty damn cheated that I wasn't getting hot European cars, or whatever.
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How about a law requiring simple, lucid titles for laws instead of a bunch of pointless verbage shoehorned into some Really Cool Sounding Acronym!!!
Call it the Policitally Overcharged Law Embellishments Suck My Orifice's Kebab Egestions Reform (POLESMOKER) Act or something.
Aah, where I come from, dirty middle aged white men masturbate over porn as opposed to silly titles for pieces of paper...