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[Joanna Lane <jo-uk@rcn.com>]

"The long and steamy legal battle over who owns the internet address sex.com
has finally come to an end. The US Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from
cyber-squatter Stephen Cohen, who was claiming ownership of the domain name.
The ruling is expected to set a precedent about the ownership of website
addresses."

[snip]

"Verisign maintains that domain names are not legal property and as such it
cannot be held accountable for giving it away. If it loses, as legal experts
expect, Verisign would face a huge legal bill and fines of up to £100m."

Full story at:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2987296.stm

Joanna

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