Sex.com: One Domain, Two Men, Twelve Years and the Brutal Battle for the Jewel in the Internet's Crown - Brossura

Mccarthy, Kieren

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1905204663 ISBN 13: 9781905204663

Casa editrice: Quercus, 2007

Riassunto

With five million page views every day, sex.com was the most valuable piece of virtual real estate on the planet during the first years of the internet. But the fact that it didn’t physically exist didn’t mean that it couldn’t be stolen. With an ingenious scam—the full details of which have never been revealed until now—lifelong con man Stephen Cohen was able to snatch the domain name and walk into a life of untold wealth and luxury. But Cohen underestimated the determination of Gary Kremen—sex.com’s original owner—to get his property back. The efforts took ten years and millions of dollars, but Kremen eventually saw Cohen finally pay for his crimes. This is the story of the extraordinary battle between two extraordinary men: a Stanford scholar with uncanny foresight, and an uneducated, genius con man with an unnatural gift for persuasion. The fight pushed each man to the edge, rewrote the laws, and shaped the history and development of the internet as we know it.

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Recensione

'an interesting story which includes almost every kind of dirty-dealing you could want' Sunday Telegraph.

'The battle for the domain name sex.com had it all ... a fast-footed account of the trial and its upshot' The Times.

'fascinating' Zoo magazine. --Reviews.

L'autore

Kieren McCarthy is a contributor to The Guardian, New Scientist, The Independent, and The Daily Mail, and the news editor for the website Techworld.

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• Editore: Quercus
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1905204663
• ISBN 13: 9781905204663
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 288