Zuccarini used more than a dozen variations of the name Britney Spears, the prosecutors said.Ī child who accidentally mistyped a name into an Internet browser would be directed to a Web page controlled by Mr. Prosecutors said that as part of the scheme, the defendant, John Zuccarini, had registered 3,000 domain names that included misspellings or slight variations of popular names like Disneyland, Bob the Builder and Teen magazine. Be sure to spell Britney Spears's name correctly when you type it into an Internet browser.įederal prosecutors in Manhattan charged a Florida man yesterday with violating a new law that makes it illegal to use misleading Internet domain names to entice minors onto pornographic Web sites.
