Convicted felon Stephen Cohen allegedly wrested sex.com from its owner via a forged letter to Network Solutions.
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- URLs Aren't Property? "A judge ruled in a lawsuit about the alleged illegal transfer of the domain name 'sex.com' that URLs do not qualify as property, at least under current law." News and archived discussion. [Slashdot]
- Eminent Domain Name "In a federal court in San Diego on Feb. 3, attorneys for Kremen and Cohen faced off again in one of the Internet's longest and most lurid lawsuits." By Jon Swartz. [Forbes]
- The Sordid Tale of Sex.com "Case puts most bizarre domain name back in the spotlight." By David Lawlor. [CNN Money]
- Former Sex.com Owner Claims Poverty, Slavery News and discussion forum. [Techdirt]
- Sex Site Squatter Fined $65M "A man who paid $1,000 for the sex.com domain name wins $65m after an online pornographer is found guilty of hijacking the site." [BBC]
- Sex.com: A Chapter of Prurient Jurisprudence Closes "San Jose U.S. District Court Judge James Ware ruled in favor of Kremen this week, finding that one Stephen Michael Cohen was guilty of fraudulently hi-jacking the sultry site and ultimately turning it into a multi-million dollar gig." [InternetNews]
- Sex.com Owner Wins $65M Damages [Ad] "A Californian e-entrepreneur has won $65 million in damages over a stolen domain name." By Linda Harrison. [Register]
- Sex.com Changes Hands "An internet businessman has been stripped of ownership of porn portal sex.com following a ruling by a Californian court." By John Leyden. [Register]
- Manhunt Starts for Sex.com Snatcher "The owner of Sex.com is offering a $50,000 (£35,000) reward for information leading to the arrest of the man who stole the saucy domain from him." By Tim Richardson. [Register]
- Sex.com Returned to Original Owner News and discussion forum. [Slashdot]
- Net Closes on the Thief of Sex.com "Everybody wants a piece of the action. Sex.com, the most sought-after address on the world wide web, is at the centre of a remarkable legal dispute involving a fugitive porn baron, betrayed business partners and billions of pounds in potential profits." By Nick Paton Walsh. [Observer]