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. [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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