[ga] Domains as property...

[Sotiris Sotiropoulos <sotiris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5055771.html?tag=fd_top

"The original owner of the Sex.com domain name has won a potentially 
landmark court victory, allowing him to sue registrar Network Solutions 
for transferring his domain to a con man.

A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals judge ruled that Gary Kremen, who first 
registered the Sex.com name in 1994, had a property right to the stolen 
domain and that Network Solutions <http://www.networksolutions.com> was 
potentially liable for giving it away without proper authorization.

"Exposing Network Solutions to liability when it gives away a 
registrant's domain name on the basis of a forged letter is no different 
from holding a corporation liable when it gives away someone's shares 
under the same circumstances," Judge Alex Kozinski wrote. "The common 
law does not stand idle while people give away the property of others."

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It's about time.

Be Well,

Sotiris Sotiropoulos

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