Brian, Good. I wasn't sure that you would find this of any more interest than what we already have available. Per your request, I am CC'ing this to relevant lists. The correlation is striking isn't it! Incredible! Brian C. Hollingsworth wrote: > Jeff, > > Your point is well taken here my friend. Very well taken, I must say. It > is just this sort of activity and the cancer it breads to others, as you > appropriately indicate here that is of growing concern. Honesty and > forthrightness is always the best policy, yet there are too many that > cannot seem to gather that well...... > > As usual please forward this on to those relevant mailing lists so > as to keep things in the open. Many thanks. > > Jeff Williams wrote: > > > Arnold and all, > > > > Very interesting story indeed. And yes Sheeesh is the appropriate > > expression of disgust. > > > > The interesting thing I found in this story is the fellow, sounds amazingly > > like William Walsh of this list fame. In particular this excerpt: > > "Cohen allegedly pulled off of the domain heist > > with a forged letter, dated 15 October 1995, to > > Network Solutions, the Net's registrar. > > According to Kremen, Cohen duped Network > > Solutions by ginning up a memo on phony > > letterhead from a bogus executive at Kremen's > > company, Online Classifieds." > > > > A Gehring wrote: > > > > > Incredible, and everyone wants a piece of NSI. Doesn't really make much > > > sense, does it. Imagine what dot SEX could produce? SHEESH indeed. > > > > > > Arnold Gehring > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > >The Sordid Saga of SEX.COM, by Craig Bicknell (Wired - April 15, 1999) > > > >http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/19140.html > > > > > > > >[summary] > > > >San Francisco entrepreneur Gary Kremen filed a lawsuit in the summer of > > > >1998, claiming that Net porn king Steve Cohen stole his registration > > > for > > > >SEX.COM by sending a a cleverly forged letter to Network Solutions. > > > Kremen > > > >registered the domain name on May 9, 1994 but it was transferred to > > > Cohen > > > >on October 17, 1995. NSI has disavowed any contractual relationship > > > existed > > > >before it began collecting registration fees in September of 1995.* > > > > > > > >"The case is simple," Kremen says. "It's about an > > > >international con man, who was twice in jail, forging a > > > >letter to InterNIC and taking away a domain name -- and > > > >Networks Solutions doing nothing about it." > > > > > > > >___________________ > > > >* Note: > > > > Although I'm not an attorney, I must point out that NSI established > > > its > > > >original domain dispute policy in July 1995, thus acknowledging a > > > >contractual arrangement with its domain name registrants. Now it says > > > >consideration (reg fees) was required to establish a contractual > > > >relationship. NSI can't have it both ways. > > > > > > > >Consideration may exist "if promise is induced by the [promisor] to do > > > >something that [it] is not legally bound to do or refrains from doing > > > >anything he has a legal right to do, or if the promisee acts in > > > reliance > > > >upon the > > > >[promise] to his detriment." See United Masonary Inc. of Va. v. Riggs > > > Nat'l > > > >Bank of Wash., D.C., S.E.2d 509, 513-14 > > > > > > > >There was an implied quid pro quo even before NSI began collecting > > > fees. > > > >Each registrant accepted certain requirements on the reg form in > > > exchange > > > >for which NSI allocated the domain name to the specific applicant. > > > > > > > > > > > >Ellen Rony > > > Co-author > > > >The Domain Name Handbook > > > http://www.domainhandbook.com > > > >======================== // > > > ============================= > > > >ISBN 0879305150 *=" ____ / +1 (415) > > > 435-5010 > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] \ ) Tiburon, > > > CA > > > > On the Internet, // \\ no one knows you're a dog. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > -- > > Jeffrey A. Williams > > CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng. > > Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC. > > E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Contact Number: 972-447-1894 > > Address: 5 East Kirkwood Blvd. Grapevine Texas 75208 > > Respectfully, > > -- > Brian C. Hollingsworth > Sr. Legal Advisor, International House of Justice Internet > Communications Affairs and Policy > Advisory council for Public Affairs and Internet Policy, European > Union For your records, Regards, -- Jeffrey A. Williams CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng. Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC. E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact Number: 972-447-1894 Address: 5 East Kirkwood Blvd. Grapevine Texas 75208
