Man Gets Prison for Misleading Web Names - GoFuckYourself.com

On-top · 02-27-2004, 01:46 PM

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...et_trick_names

NEW YORK - A man was sentenced Thursday to 2 1/2 years in prison for registering misleading domain names on the Internet that guided children searching for popular sites like Disneyland to pornography instead.

John Zuccarini, 56, arrested in September in Hollywood, Fla., sobbed and apologized before he was sentenced in federal court.

Zuccarini pleaded guilty Dec. 10, admitting he capitalized on the tendency of youngsters to misspell, fooling them into finding sites that advertise for pornography, among other things.

The misspelled names led Internet surfers to advertising sites that paid Zuccarini for each user who viewed them. The government said he made up to $1 million a year from the scheme.

Prosecutors say the charges and plea were the first brought under a provision of the federal Amber Alert law, which makes it a crime to use a misleading Web address to draw children to pornography.

Last year, Zuccarini was ordered to stop the scheme after the Federal Trade Commission sued him for registering misspelled variations of sites for the Backstreet Boys (news - web sites), Victoria's Secret and The Wall Street Journal.

tbabe · 02-27-2004, 01:47 PM

ummmm how many kids have credit cards?

tbabe · 02-27-2004, 01:48 PM

2.5 years in prison? Holy shit, thats crazy. For missspelling of victoria secret and wall street journal. Geez, thats rough

Anna_O · 02-27-2004, 01:48 PM

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Originally posted by tbabe
ummmm how many kids have credit cards?

There's a thing called dialers too...

pussyluver · 02-27-2004, 01:51 PM

The dialers make the deal I guess?

2.5 years seems a bit hard though.

Greg B · 02-27-2004, 02:01 PM

If they're dishing out that much for URLs, just think what pop ups and redirects and bookmarkers will getcha'.

Not to mention rebills.

stev0 · 02-27-2004, 02:02 PM

i remember hearing about that when he first was arrested... i thought it was stupid then, and i still think it is now.

I highly doubt he was trying to capitalize on children. Honestly, how many children can afford porn? stupid law...

ibuydomains · 02-27-2004, 02:05 PM

he also owns many non-typo adult names...

some are very nice and are due to expire this year

sumphatpimp · 02-27-2004, 02:05 PM

do a search on google, he done this repeatedly, and was sued and hauled into court many times for it but wouldn't stop.

he finally hide out in the Bahamas and in a motel in florida to avoid the cops and the fbi.

bdld · 02-27-2004, 02:07 PM

gosh what a harsh punishment

WankTank · 02-27-2004, 02:16 PM

thats fucking stupid.
a little harsh.

polish_aristocrat · 02-27-2004, 02:18 PM

KRL already posted this.

On-top · 02-27-2004, 02:21 PM

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Originally posted by polish_aristocrat
KRL already posted this.

My bad, missed it...

02-27-2004, 01:46 PM	#1
On-top Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: IN Posts: 2,283	Man Gets Prison for Misleading Web Names http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...et_trick_names NEW YORK - A man was sentenced Thursday to 2 1/2 years in prison for registering misleading domain names on the Internet that guided children searching for popular sites like Disneyland to pornography instead. John Zuccarini, 56, arrested in September in Hollywood, Fla., sobbed and apologized before he was sentenced in federal court. Zuccarini pleaded guilty Dec. 10, admitting he capitalized on the tendency of youngsters to misspell, fooling them into finding sites that advertise for pornography, among other things. The misspelled names led Internet surfers to advertising sites that paid Zuccarini for each user who viewed them. The government said he made up to $1 million a year from the scheme. Prosecutors say the charges and plea were the first brought under a provision of the federal Amber Alert law, which makes it a crime to use a misleading Web address to draw children to pornography. Last year, Zuccarini was ordered to stop the scheme after the Federal Trade Commission sued him for registering misspelled variations of sites for the Backstreet Boys (news - web sites), Victoria's Secret and The Wall Street Journal. __________________ Dynamic Hosting

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02-27-2004, 01:48 PM	#3
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02-27-2004, 02:18 PM	#12
polish_aristocrat Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 40,377	KRL already posted this. __________________ I don't use ICQ anymore.

02-27-2004, 01:51 PM	#5
pussyluver Clueless OleMan Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: ICQ - 169903487 Posts: 11,009	The dialers make the deal I guess? 2.5 years seems a bit hard though.

02-27-2004, 02:01 PM	#6
Greg B So Fucking Banned Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: EARTH (for the time being) Posts: 7,014	If they're dishing out that much for URLs, just think what pop ups and redirects and bookmarkers will getcha'. Not to mention rebills.

02-27-2004, 02:02 PM	#7
stev0 Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta Posts: 6,801	i remember hearing about that when he first was arrested... i thought it was stupid then, and i still think it is now. I highly doubt he was trying to capitalize on children. Honestly, how many children can afford porn? stupid law...

02-27-2004, 02:05 PM	#8
ibuydomains Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 710	he also owns many non-typo adult names... some are very nice and are due to expire this year

02-27-2004, 02:05 PM	#9
sumphatpimp Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 5,235	do a search on google, he done this repeatedly, and was sued and hauled into court many times for it but wouldn't stop. he finally hide out in the Bahamas and in a motel in florida to avoid the cops and the fbi.

02-27-2004, 02:07 PM	#10
bdld $100,000 Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 11,452	gosh what a harsh punishment