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."

One in a million

[lukewarmfusion]

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?

Yay!

[TWX]

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.

Oh lord here comes a slew of bad slashdot jokes...

[notbob]

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 :)

o.O

[Anonymous Coward]

I, for one, welcome our rightful sex.com overlords

Aren't there enough?

[Fubar411]

There are NEVER ENOUGH!

To quote Will Ferrel's Neal Diamond impression, "To quench my insatiable appetite for barely legal porno."

Just wait...

[radd0]

until George Michael catches wind of this.

I notice

[platypibri]

there is no such battle over intellect.com [intellect.com]

Re:Yay!

[vwjeff]

Millions of smelly UNIX administrators breathe a sigh of relief.

You don't have to be a UNIX admin to be smelly you insensitive clod. Oh, wait...nevermind.

Baaah

[Anonymous Coward]

I wanted to register www.sex.orgy a loonnggg time back. But they wouldn't give me the extra 'y'.

In related news

[phats garage]

Verisign itself bought the domain name "ohfuck.com".

Re:One in a million

[justMichael]

...hadn't screwed the pooch?

If that's what he was selling, maybe it's a good thing they hijacked his domain to save us. ;)

Re:Offended

[andy666]

This isn't a story about sex, it is a story about the internet. Unless you find the supreme court sexy...

Re:Offended

[Anonymous Coward]

1. Shut up
2. Make me a sandwich

Re:More people these days have sex into their 70s,

[Anonymous Coward]

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.

Re:what a case, what a name

[Mateito]

> Goooo Sex.com

or "How to get yourself sued by Sex.com AND Google in one easy domain registration"

Re:Astounding

[archen]

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.

Do you have *any idea*...

[TheTranceFan]

...how many subscriptions to MILFHunter you can buy with $65 million?

Re:GPLed pr0n

[Metex]

sorry 5 beers makes my spelling horrible

In Soviet Russia...

[Geoffreyerffoeg]

In Soviet Russia, Sex sues YOU!

Re:Aren't there enough?

[EpsCylonB]

Or to quote friends...

"If they took all the porn off the internet I'm pretty sure there would only be one website left, and it would called bring back the porn"

Slashdot Comedy Cop Alert! Re:One in a million

[sharper56]

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!

Re:2nd post?

[callipygian-showsyst]

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.

In Soviet Russia,

[Anubis333]

In capitalist America
65 million buy website.

In Soviet Russia,
65 million buy country.

Hi, I'm Raven Alder!

[Anonymous Coward]

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.

Re:Slashdot Comedy Cop Alert! Re:One in a million

[JudgeFurious]

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.

Re:Slashdot Comedy Cop Alert! Re:One in a million

[Mr Guy]

At Slashdot, Anonymous Cowards make your profits for you, you insensitive clod.

Smelly UNIX

[lildogie]

I've got to get that distro!

Sex.com?

[bfg9000]

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.

Landmark case

[Audacious]

It is also a landmark case because now we know who's had sex and who hasn't.

(I'll just go back to playing my video games now. You know - the ones with the simulated sex. :-P )

Was Beelzebub the Judge?

[wonkavader]

I guess it makes sense that Verisign would wind up in the Ninth Circle. Oh, wait. That was Ninth Circuit.

Re:Offended

[Anonymous Coward]

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!

Re:Astounding

[glitch23]

Good grief - what hill have you been living under?!?

Capitol Hill