The Theft of P2P.com
Filed in archive Legal on August 7, 2009
On July 30th, Daniel Goncalves was arrested in his New Jersey home for stealing the domain name p2p.com - it's the first ever arrest for the theft of a domain name in the United States.
"Goncalves allegedly hacked his way into P2P's Go Daddy account and transferred the domain name to his own account... [he] allegedly sold the domain to Mark Madsen, a forward for the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers, who did not know that the domain was stolen," writes WHIR's Justin Lee.
"Goncalves is now out of jail after posting $60,000 bond," writes DNN's Adam Strong. "He will be facing at least two court cases soon... the NJ prosecutors intend to push forward with the criminal case and press for a felony conviction."
More here from the LA Times ... more here from ZDNet ... more here from Domain Name Wire ... more here from The Inquirer ... and more here from NBA FanHouse.
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