FC: Abortionismurder.org buys domains similar in name to newspapers

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Tue Jul 16 2002 - 08:51:39 PDT

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    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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