Gary Kremen

Gary Kremen is a computer technician who first registered the domain name sex.com in 1994.

Related Topics:
Domain name - Sex.com - 1994

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In 1996 a convicted fraudster, Stephen M. Cohen, contacted Network Solutions and fraudulently had the domain transferred to his name.

Related Topics:
1996 - Stephen M. Cohen - Network Solutions

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Kremen took the matter to the courts where he struggled to make a case, on limited resources, against Cohen's multi-million dollar pornography empire.

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Kremen took the upper hand when two of Cohen's rivals in the pornographic industry, Seth Warshavsky and Ron Levi, helped fund Kremen's case. After a long and complicated legal battle headed up by cyberlawyer Charles Carreon, the domain was eventually returned to its rightful owner, Kremen.

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Seth Warshavsky - Ron Levi - Charles Carreon

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In the meantime, however, Cohen had profited vastly through the property and Kremen tried to wrest back some of these profits through further court action. He was awarded a judgment of $65 million against Cohen.

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Cohen fled to Mexico and moved the money offshore. Kremen is still, as of 2004, trying to collect the damages he was awarded against Cohen.

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