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Sex.com Settles Case Against VeriSign
netcentr writes "A press release on CircleID has announced that the owner of the Sex.com domain name today has got 'a final settlement with VeriSign (formerly Network Solutions, Inc.), concluding a six-year legal fight that set several important precedents for the future of the Internet. After the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted Sex.Com a sweeping victory that held VeriSign/Network Solutions, Inc. (collectively "VeriSign") strictly responsible for mishandling the famous domain name, Sex.Com and VeriSign have settled Sex.Com's lawsuit against VeriSign.' Gary Kremen was awarded a $65 million judgment against Cohen for stealing the domain name, which the U.S. Supreme Court declined to overturn on June 12, 2003."
Ah... good thing they got that taken care of. I was so starved for pr0n for the last six years.
Really - like there aren't enough of these sites out there?
So the courts finally come out and say that sex should be on the internet!
Millions of smelly UNIX administrators breathe a sigh of relief.
Do not look into laser with remaining eye.
Oh well $65 million for SEX (.com) has to be a new record...
:)
Even our former mayor of Cincinnati, didn't write a Check that.. good ol' Jerry Springer.
SEX (.com) has to be the most successful prostitution of a domain name yet
I, for one, welcome our rightful sex.com overlords
There are NEVER ENOUGH!
To quote Will Ferrel's Neal Diamond impression, "To quench my insatiable appetite for barely legal porno."
until George Michael catches wind of this.
there is no such battle over intellect.com
Yeah, I guess I'm funny like that.
I wanted to register www.sex.orgy a loonnggg time back. But they wouldn't give me the extra 'y'.
Verisign itself bought the domain name "ohfuck.com".
This isn't a story about sex, it is a story about the internet. Unless you find the supreme court sexy...
1. Shut up
2. Make me a sandwich
But I don't want my grandchildren reading slashdot because they will find out about sites like sex.com. I read it because it is helpful to me at work, where I am a C++ programmer.
> Goooo Sex.com
or "How to get yourself sued by Sex.com AND Google in one easy domain registration"
Norman Cook's Ode to Sl
This is Verisign we're talking about here. It would be a miricle if they could write a line of code that tells them if the sky is blue.
...how many subscriptions to MILFHunter you can buy with $65 million?
sorry 5 beers makes my spelling horrible
Never could figure out why my girl liked my bitch tits, then I found out she was a lesbian.
Excuse me, a proper Slashdot retort would have included some passing reference to the act of masterbation when talking about internet porn.
example:
No, I can surf with only one hand.
In future, please try to follow the Slashdot comedy guidelines!
Well, of course you can't put "f*ck" in a domain name! Asterisk ("*") is not a valid character for a domain name. You need to read the RFC.
Best Buy can have you arrested
In capitalist America
65 million buy website.
In Soviet Russia,
65 million buy country.
I'm a walking, living, breathing cliche! I dress like an extra from 'Hackers'! But I'm a chick so you have to mod all my posts '+5 Insightful', or you might not get to have sex with me! And if you don't, I'll e-mail all my 1337 friends again and get lots of mod points that way. Refer the previous story about me for further examples of this.
Thanks.
PS - My real name is Jane Smith and my daddy is rich.
That's "No, I can't surf with only one hand you insensative clod!"
In this case use of the classic "Profit!!!" seems mandatory but also easy just like an "All your base" reference.
A "Soviet Russia" or maybe a "Beowulf cluster" comment done well though would really be nice.
I mean, as long as we're following the SCG's and all.
Appended to the end of comments you post. 120 chars.
At Slashdot, Anonymous Cowards make your profits for you, you insensitive clod.
Never confuse volume with power.
I've got to get that distro!
Why should we care? This is obviously not something that will ever affect us geeks. Now, HabitualSelfPleasure.com, *there's* News For Nerds, Stuff That Matters.
I'm not normally an irrational zealous dickhead, but I figure "When in Rome..."
It is also a landmark case because now we know who's had sex and who hasn't.
:-P )
(I'll just go back to playing my video games now. You know - the ones with the simulated sex.
Someone put a black hole in my pocket and now I'm broke.
I guess it makes sense that Verisign would wind up in the Ninth Circle. Oh, wait. That was Ninth Circuit.
Aww, DENIED! One spelling mistake and you've gone and ruined what would've otherwise been pretty funny; T and W aren't even adjacent on the keyboard, for shame!
Good grief - what hill have you been living under?!?
Capitol Hill
this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom. -- Lincoln, Gettysburg Address