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Network Solutions Inc. Screwed Up Sex.com Domain D

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    The_Ancient Full Member

    * Network Solutions Inc. Screwed Up Sex.com Domain Dispute

    Court Confirms Domain Registries Must Protect Public

    San Francisco - On July 28, A federal appeals court ruled that Internet
    domain names are personal property, so domain registry Network Solutions,
    Inc. (NSI) can be held responsible for transferring the domain name Sex.com
    to an unauthorized party.

    The decision agreed with a "friend-of-the-court" brief, filed last year by
    the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), that asked the Ninth Circuit
    Court of Appeals to hold NSI responsible for mistakes the domain registry
    made while overseeing domain names.

    "NSI and other domain name registries are a critical part of the
    architecture that keeps the Internet running," said EFF Staff Attorney
    Jason Schultz. "The court's Sex.com decision provides Internet domain
    registrants with protection from inappropriate domain name seizures."

    The case arises from NSI's actions in taking the Sex.com domain name from
    appellant Gary Kremen and giving the domain to another Internet user who
    presented NSI with fraudulent information.

    VeriSign Inc. acquired NSI after the legal case was filed.
     
    The_Ancient, Aug 5, 2003
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