Gary Kremen 的故事 (sex.com原註冊人)

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這期的dnjournal封面故事介紹了sex.com的原擁有人 Gary Kremen 其生平事跡與 sex.com 的訴訟經過.

原來他早年曾參與美國ARPANET(Internet的前身)軍用網路計劃, 難怪會比別人更早接觸網際網路, 進而取得sex.com等好域名.

sex.com在1995年被一位叫Stephen Michael Cohen的詐欺前科犯用假文件資料騙到手, 但由於sex.com當時是免費註冊的, 域名註冊商Network Solutions對物歸原主並不感興趣,甚至愛理不理..
經過Gary Kremen先生努力不懈的打官司,纏訟多年的SEX.COM最後終於重回他手上, Network Solutions公司被判賠了一筆可觀的補償金, 那位詐欺犯也被關進大牢. 儘管如此, 期間他所損失的官司費用, 流量PPC與廣告利潤已無法估計, 最後僅追討回部分損失而已.

重新獲得sex.com不久後, 他就把sex.com以一千多萬美金賣掉, 並用那筆錢去買了四千個域名, 那四千個域名所帶來的流量與sex.com差不多..
原因是因為他覺得非成人流量較具潛力.

文中一段在講他當學生時候的話,讓我覺得心有戚戚焉:
“My grades were just a little above average, but what is really the point of grades? To prove something to your parents, to prove something to yourself or to show some college that you are not as dumb as a rock? There are other ways to prove these things,” Kremen said.

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全文在此:
http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2006/march.htm

有興趣的人可以去看看這個史上最高價域名的故事.

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作者: domainplayer

文中他的一段話,讓我覺得心有戚戚焉:
“My grades were just a little above average, but what is really the point of grades? To prove something to your parents, to prove something to yourself or to show some college that you are not as dumb as a rock? There are other ways to prove these things,” Kremen said.

非常同意，他跟我一向的情況一樣～

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作者: domainplayer

在看原文前,
大家先猜猜看, 哪一個人是騙子, 哪一個是原註冊人.

很多時候外表可靠的才是騙子．．．

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右邊那個才是騙子，因為左邊那位是恐怖份子