The History of Sex.com, the Most Contested Domain On the Internet

sarahnaomi writes On its face, sex.com looks like a no-frills Pinterest for porn, but behind the site lies an ongoing grudge match between the man who invented online dating and a con artist who stole the crown jewel of the internet out from under him. The history of the domain is well documented, with two books and dozens of articles written on the subject. It was first registered in 1994 by Gary Kremen, the entrepreneur who founded Match.com and was savvy enough to buy up several generic domains, including jobs.com and housing.com, in the early days of the internet.

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Re:we all meet a parasite like this sometime in li

[Anonymous Coward]

Contempt of court in a civil case can only be remedial, not punitive. If the judge determined that no amount of jail time will compel Cohen to pay up, he was obligated to let him go. That IS the "law of the land".

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[drinkypoo]

Sex isn't trademarked, so domain squatting doesn't apply.

Uh no. That's not how it works. Domain squatting is buying a domain for the purposes of speculation, and trademark is irrelevant. It would help if you knew what we were talking about.