Sex.com

The internet domain name sex.com is a web portal owned by Grant Media LLC. It was the focus of one of the most publicized legal actions about ownership of domain names.

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In 1994 the Californian Gary Kremen (now the CEO of Grant Media, LLC) registered the domain with Network Solutions (NSI). He did not develop a site.

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In October 1995 NSI transferred the domain to Stephen M. Cohen. Cohen had been trying to gain control of the domain for some time by misrepresentation, using phone calls, e-mails and forged letters. He eventually persuaded an employee of NSI to change the ownership details, apparently through a fake fax, although this was not entirely clear during most of the legal proceedings that followed.

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