{"id":114,"date":"2010-02-19T22:14:40","date_gmt":"2010-02-19T22:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.above.com\/blog\/?p=114"},"modified":"2013-10-17T20:55:11","modified_gmt":"2013-10-17T09:55:11","slug":"sexcom-up-for-sale-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.above.com\/blog\/sexcom-up-for-sale-again","title":{"rendered":"Sex.com up for sale. Again."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When sex.com sold for a reported, but never confirmed, $14million back in 2006, everyone thought it was the end of a (very) long story.<br \/>After all this domain history is so complex that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Sex-com-Domain-Twelve-Brutal-Internets\/dp\/1905204663\">even a book<\/a> has been written on it! <br \/>It looks like the story is not complete yet.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nIndeed, the company who owns sex.com is currently in trouble and has to sell some of its assets, including the (in)famous domain name.<br \/>The auction will take place on the 18th of March, in New York. 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