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» A Case of Sex Appealed
   " Stephen Michael Cohen, the man who operated the porn site for the past five years, is now asking a judge to suspend a transfer of the domain back to Gary Kremen, the San Francisco entrepreneur who first registered the site more than six years ago." By J
   http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2000/12/40544

» 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/techbiz/media/news/2001/04/42837

» 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/techbiz/media/news/2001/04/42835

» Court to Get Control of Sex.net
   "When the former operator of sex.com lost ownership of the lucrative site, it was just the beginning. He now stands to lose custody of -- and the income from -- dozens of other porn domains under terms of a new court order." By Joanna Glasner. [Wired]
   http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2001/02/41663

» 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

» Former Sex.com Owner Claims Poverty, Slavery
   News and discussion forum. [Techdirt]
   http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20020130/103204_F.shtml

» Judge Orders 'Master' for Sex.com
   "A federal judge is appointing a special adviser to wade into the long-standing dispute over the domain name sex.com. The move could help settle several unresolved questions." By Joanna Glasner. [Wired]
   http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2001/01/41480

» 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/techbiz/media/news/2000/11/40380

» Manhunt Starts for Sex.com Snatcher
   "The owner of Sex.com is offering a $50,000 (£35,000) reward for information leading to the arrest of the man who stole the saucy domain from him." By Tim Richardson. [Register]
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/05/31/manhunt_starts_for_sex_com/

» Net Closes on the Thief of Sex.com
   "Everybody wants a piece of the action. Sex.com, the most sought-after address on the world wide web, is at the centre of a remarkable legal dispute involving a fugitive porn baron, betrayed business partners and billions of pounds in potential profits."
   http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2001/mar/11/nickpatonwalsh.theobserver

» Sex Site Squatter Fined $65M
   "A man who paid $1,000 for the sex.com domain name wins $65m after an online pornographer is found guilty of hijacking the site." [BBC]
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1261930.stm

» Sex.com Changes Hands
   "An internet businessman has been stripped of ownership of porn portal sex.com following a ruling by a Californian court." By John Leyden. [Register]
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/11/28/sex_com_changes_hands/

» 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/politics/law/news/2000/12/40881

» 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/techbiz/media/news/2002/01/50104

» Sex.com Owner Wins $65M Damages
   [Ad] "A Californian e-entrepreneur has won $65 million in damages over a stolen domain name." By Linda Harrison. [Register]
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/04/04/sex_com_owner_wins_65m/

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

» 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/politics/law/news/2000/08/38398

» 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/politics/law/news/2000/05/36247

» 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 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/techbiz/media/news/2001/03/42328

» Sex.com: A Chapter of Prurient Jurisprudence Closes
   "San Jose U.S. District Court Judge James Ware ruled in favor of Kremen this week, finding that one Stephen Michael Cohen was guilty of fraudulently hi-jacking the sultry site and ultimately turning it into a multi-million dollar gig." [InternetNews]
   http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/520901

» 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/techbiz/media/news/1999/04/19140

» The Sordid Tale of Sex.com
   "Case puts most bizarre domain name back in the spotlight." By David Lawlor. [CNN Money]
   http://money.cnn.com/2001/03/06/sbrunning/biz_sex/

» 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