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Sex.Com Issues Response To VeriSign Claim That Case Victory Will ''Cripple'' Internet.

Publication: PR Newswire
Publication Date: 24-FEB-03 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
SAN FRANCISCO -- SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Sex.Com (www. sex.com) announced new developments in their ongoing legal battle with VeriSign . VeriSign, formerly Network Solutions, Inc. (NSI), claims the Internet is so unstable that an appellate court victory by Sex.Com in its lawsuit against the registrar "would cripple the Internet and jeopardize the national economic benefit for e-commerce," according to court filings.

The federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco requested the California Supreme Court to weigh in last month on the issue of whether a domain name is property that can be stolen, or "converted." NSI is fighting to have the case reviewed by the California Supreme Court.

NSI's January 23, 2003 submission to the Supreme Court is dense with assumptions that a court decision acknowledging the property rights of domain names registrants will devastate business mediums, having "enormous ramifications for a large sector of...

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