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The Saga of Katie.com

Posted by michael on from the make-it-a-porn-site dept.

digitalcaffeine writes "The gist of the story is that Katie Tarbox became a victim of an online sexual predator when she was 13. She wrote a book about it in 2000 and Penguin Putnam made the title of the book 'Katie.Com', which unfortunately was a domain name owned by Katie Jones since 1996. Now Tarbox's lawyer is demanding that Jones turn over the domain name. Penguin refuses to apologize, saying that it would be a violation of their free speech to re-title the book and that Jones never trademarked katie.com, so they can do what they want with the words."

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  1. First Post! Woohoo! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I got it!

  2. Frizzy Pizzy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The girls R.A. on the floor above me freshman year of college was named Katie. Boy I wanted to hit that every so badly!

  3. I hate the name Katie by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I just do.

    And using .com to spice up something is worse.

  4. Katie.com by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Does it have any nekkid pictures?

    1. Re:Katie.com by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Fucking brilliant!

  5. The Penguin is Back? by grunt107 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Where's Batman?

  6. Re:And?? by empaler · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Step 1: STFU
    Step 2: RTFA
    Step 3: ...
    Step 4: Enlightenment.

    And oh yeah, STFU.

  7. Re:Dear Ianoo, by ergonal · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    HAHA. Nice one.

  8. Another victim becomes an abuser.... by jjh37997 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Does anybody know why its so common for victims of childhood sexual abuse to become abusers, either sexual or otherwise, later on in life?

  9. Re:Almost too weird to be true by jrumney · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    But Penguin's use of katie.com is directly causing her harm, because she effectively can't use it for its intended purpose because of all the traffic it is getting.

    To be fair, the traffic is Slashdot's fault, not Penguins. I'm sure the referrer logs are showing more hits from http://slashdot.org than book://penguin/KatieT/katie.com anyway, I mean when was the last time you clicked on a link in a book you were reading?

  10. Re:The real question is... by Oxy+the+moron · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I only wish I had thought of it myself! The bumper sticker can be purchased at this link.

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    Proudly supporting the Libertarian Party.

  11. Re:MOD PARENT DOWN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Don't you see, flames are perfectly OK as long as they are directed at Americans. Now say something bad about Muslim terrorists and watch how fast it gets modded down.

  12. Re:The real question is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    >>"Kerry/Edwards - so much crap, you need two
    >>Johns just to hold it all..."

    Oh please please please can I swipe this sig? I promise I won't write a book titled, "Kerry/Edwards - so much crap, you need two Johns just to hold it all...".

    Awesome!

  13. Typo on her website by vuvewux · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    She can't even spell "excerpt". Dumb cunt!

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    1. Re:Typo on her website by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      yeah, everyone knows it's spelled egg-syrup

  14. Re:Penguin's REAL strategy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    you forgot

    6)...profit.

  15. Re:Tough Noogies by Mr+Guy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Shove", perhaps

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    Never confuse volume with power.
  16. MOD PARENT UP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Great idea.

  17. Re:A new shock site? by Celt · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    no no, it was suspended by the domain controllers for what was on the site
    but its backup at goatse.cc :-)
    fun for the newbie's continues....

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    "WebTV: bringing the Internet into the shallow end of the gene pool since 1995" - Martin Bishop
  18. Re:Makes no sense by danuary · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yeah but who would go see a hardcore gay movie with the words "Micro" and "Soft" in the title? That's just bad marketing...

  19. Mod parent up! (+1 Funny) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Someone posted this posted on slashdot !!!

  20. Re:Makes no sense by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    that's very naive irony. you must be american.

  21. Re:Almost too weird to be true by lonesome+phreak · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The Family Guy is now a part of Adult Swim on Cartoon Network. It's written specifically for AS, so now it's become much...how to put it...less subtle in it's skits. However, my roommates and myself find it even more humorous now since they don't have the limitations that they had on Fox...

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    Maybe we DID take the blue pill. You wouldn't remember anyway.
  22. Ob: In Soviet Russia... by Naepustus · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ... the Penguin screws you! Hold on a moment...