"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]

"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]

"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]

"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]

Last week, Reps. Heather Wilson (R-N.M.) and Gene Green (D-Texas) reintroduced a bill they claimed "empowers consumers and their ISP with the ability to protect both their privacy and their resources" by restricting unsolicited commercial e-mail. [Wired]

ReverseAuction has agreed to pay $1.2 million and to quit harvesting emails from eBay's site as part of a settlement agreement. [Wired]

A Colorado legislative committee has passed a bill that would require spammers to tag unsolicited email with a special subject line. [Wired]

Wired News story by Lynn Burke.

"Toy giant Mattel is insisting that Benson turn over her domain name, BarbieBenson.com, claiming that the name infringes on the Barbie trademark." [Wired]

Bidding to get in front of Microsoft in the race to create a ubiquitous computing platform, the firm announces it signed up some big players to implement its new technology. [Wired News]