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Abortionismurder.org buys domains similar in name to newspapers
- Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 11:51:39 -0400
- To: politech@politechbot.com
- Subject: FC: Abortionismurder.org buys domains similar in name to newspapers
- From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-abort11.html
Deceptive names promote anti-abortion site
July 11, 2002
BY KATE N. GROSSMAN STAFF REPORTER
Chicago Sun-Times
An anti-abortion activist is buying up Internet domain names with slight
variations on names of major news outlets, businesses and the National
Organization for Women and linking them to a Web site profiling gruesome
pictures of bloody, aborted fetuses.
In the last week, William Purdy, a self-described free speech advocate and
"abortion abolitionist" has bought about 30 names. They include references
to the Chicago Tribune, the Washington Post, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, actor Gary
Coleman and commentator Alan Colmes.
Purdy said he targeted businesses and individuals that he considers to be
pro-choice.
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