Is There a Hex on Sex.com? "A lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in San Jose, California, alleges that Mr. Cohen fraudulently obtained rights to use the name sex.com, and subsequently has been reaping millions of dollars in profits ever since." By Tom Davey. [RedHerring.com] http://www.redherring.com/industries/2000/0207/ind-sex020700.html

The Sordid Saga of Sex.com "Stephen Cohen built a US$100-million porn empire on Sex.com. There's just one problem. The two-time convicted felon stole the name, foes say." By Craig Bicknell. [Wired] http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,19140,00.html

Sex.com Ruling: It Wasn't Stolen "Domains aren't property, a judge rules in the long, sordid case of sex.com. Therefore, the guy who managed to grab it from its first owner doesn't have to give it back." By Craig Bicknell. [Wired] http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,38398,00.html

Sex.com Saga Still Sizzling "If a domain isn't actual property according to law, and it's stolen -- as the original sex.com owner claims it was -- then how can he get it back, along with the millions he's lost?" By Craig Bicknell. [Wired] http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,36247,00.html

URLs Aren't Property? "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] http://slashdot.org/articles/00/08/27/2149230.shtml

Judge Orders Sex.com Returned "Federal Judge James Ware has ordered the domain name sex.com be returned to the man who registered it six years ago, and required Cohen and the Ocean Fund to deposit $25 million with the court." By Joanna Glasner. [Wired] http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,40380,00.html

Judge Returns sex.com Domain to Owner "A federal judge barred the current owner of the Web address 'Sex.com' from using the Internet domain name after finding he fraudulently obtained rights to it." [USA Today/Bloomberg] http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/cti845.htm

Eminent Domain Name "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] http://www.forbes.com/2000/02/07/feat.html

This Sex Drama's Getting Hot "The ownership of perhaps the most valuable domain name on the Internet, sex.com, could be decided within two weeks." by Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired] http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,38019,00.html

Sex.com Returned to Original Owner News and discussion forum. [Slashdot] http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/04/05/0448236&mode=nested

Sex.com Domain Name Battle Heads Back to Court "One of the most lucrative domain names on the Internet will take center stage in San Jose, Calif., this week as a bizarre battle over Sex.com returns to court." By Paul Festa. [ZDNet] http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-528729.html

Sex.com Offers $50,000 for Cybersquatter Arrest "The owner of Sex.com is offering a $50,000 reward for the capture of a man who co-opted the site for five years." By Lisa M. Bowman. [ZDNet] http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-267633.html

California Plaintiff Gets Sex.com Back "Judge rules the lucrative domain name was misappropriated." By Shannon Lafferty. [The Recorder] http://www.law.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=law/View&c=Article&cid=ZZZAE8YZ2GC&live=true&cst=1&pc=0&pa=0&s=News&ExpIgnore=true&showsummary=0

Sex.com Sells (When It's Not Stolen) News of the judgment against Stephen Cohen, with discussion forum. [Plastic] http://www.plastic.com/article.pl?sid=01/04/05/1535214&mode=thread

Sex.com Loser Claims Poverty "The man who took credit for turning the domain name Sex.com into a multimillion-dollar porn empire now says he is too poor to afford toilet paper." By Josanna Glasner. [Wired] http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,50104,00.html

Cost of Sex.com Theft: $65 Mil "A federal judge brought the high stakes dispute over the website sex.com to a dramatic close by ordering the former operator of the domain name to pay $65 million in damages for fraudulently taking control of the site." By Joanna Glasner. [Wired] http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,42835,00.html

Yahoo Battles sex.com over Link "Yahoo Inc., which is trying to distance itself from adult-oriented merchandise and advertising, has landed in another sex skirmish." [Wall Street Journal] http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-530578.html

A Kinder, Gentler Sex.com "This week, Kremen launched a new version of the Sex.com site that's a sharp contrast to its former incarnation." By Joanna Glasner. [Wired] http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,42837,00.html

Sex.com Spends Day on Trial "Nearly everything was in place Thursday for opening day in a trial to determine damages in the legal battle over the domain name sex.com." By Joanna Glasner. [Wired] http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,42328,00.html

Sex.com Dispute in Final Stage? "The fight for control of the domain name sex.com is entering a new -- and perhaps final -- round." By Joanna Glasner. [Wired] http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,40881,00.html