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Thread ID: 8533 | Posts: 1 | Started: 2003-07-28
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 ââ¬â 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]