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A Brief History of 'sex.com'

Posted by Zonk on from the truth-is-always-stranger-than-fiction dept.

linuxwrangler writes "Violet Blue's current 'Open Source Sex' column in SFGate covers the amusingly sordid history of sex.com. More graft and corruption than hanky-panky, the article details some of the exploits surrounding the much-desired URL, including an attempted assassination, drug smuggling, money laundering, and a bid to buy out Ceasar's Palace. From the article: 'It's estimated that Cohen made over $100 million off the URL in the years he had it, even making a 1999 bid to buy Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, and was only forced to give it back to Kremen when a San Jose court awarded the URL (and $65 million in damages) to Kremen in 2001. It had been a five-year struggle for Kremen, both in battling his speed addiction and in trying to raise funds for his own litigation. Even though his dot-com boom resume boasted typical startup-style impressive credentials, Kremen was only able to afford the court bills when bitter Sex.com porn industry rivals helped fund the case.'

6 of 78 comments (clear)

  1. Rubber Alligator by omeomi · · Score: 5, Funny

    The only thing missing from the Sex.com story is a dead stripper found with a rubber alligator lodged in her throat

    Well, that seems easy enough to fix...

    Now, where to find a rubber alligator...

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  2. Social engineering by Life700MB · · Score: 5, Interesting


    Ah, score another for the good old social engineering that made it posible to obtain the domain without having the rigts to it.

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    1. Re:Social engineering by Joebert · · Score: 5, Funny

      Social Engineering ? To obtain Sex ? Say it isn't so !

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    2. Re:Social engineering by Cheapy · · Score: 5, Funny

      Usually it's called "beer"....

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  3. It was a long, hard case... by Cr0w+T.+Trollbot · · Score: 5, Funny
    ..but Gary Kreman kept pounding, pounding away, thrusting again and again into the slippery corridors of justice. It was sweaty working penetrating the tight holes of legal precedence necessary for him to release his load of depositions, a sticky, exhausting process. But he prevailed! A model for us all...

    Crow T. Trollbot

  4. Re:What about whitehouse.gov?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm wondering if there's a similar tale behind the owners of whitehouse.gov - the other hot pr0n site on the internet

    If you feel that whitehouse.gov is the hottest porn site on the Internet, you sir are the biggest GW Bush fan I've ever met. You win, hands down.