Computers

News and discussion forum. [Slashdot]

"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]

"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]

"Case puts most bizarre domain name back in the spotlight." By David Lawlor. [CNN Money]

News and discussion forum. [Techdirt]

"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]

[Ad] "A Californian e-entrepreneur has won $65 million in damages over a stolen domain name." By Linda Harrison. [Register]

"An internet businessman has been stripped of ownership of porn portal sex.com following a ruling by a Californian court." By John Leyden. [Register]

"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]

"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]