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Old 03 July 2007, 07:48 PM
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Icon18 Dirty tricks of the sex.com scam

Sex.com is one of the most valuable properties on the internet, worth $100 million a year and with 5 million page views a day. In 1995 it was stolen from its owner, Gary Kremen, who fought for 12 years to win it back. In a new book by Kieren McCarthy, he tells the story of this ingenious scam.

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Old 05 July 2007, 05:42 PM
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Yet at the same time NSI was yanking common names of tv characters away from humans who shared that name.....

(Veronica.org and Archie.net come to mind)
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