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Thread ID: 8533 | Posts: 1 | Started: 2003-07-28

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2003-07-28 20:06 | User Profile

I am not against porn, but this is still interesting:

The following is from [url=http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030728/ap_on_hi_te/sex_com_theft_1]http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...sex_com_theft_1[/url]

Web Registry May Be Liable for 'Sex.com' Mon Jul 28, 7:14 AM ET

By RACHEL KONRAD, AP Business Writer

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Comparing Internet domain names to property such as homes and cars, a federal appellate court ruled Friday that Web registry Network Solutions Inc. could be liable for damages after a convicted forger purloined ownership of sex.com from an e-commerce entrepreneur.

If Web site names are property, the court contended, domain name registries should be responsible for safeguarding them — no different from a valet who guarantees a client's car won't get stolen from a parking lot.

Complete article is at [url=http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030728/ap_on_hi_te/sex_com_theft_1]http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...sex_com_theft_1[/url]