From: dreamer@setxbbs.synchro.net.remove-ssg-this   
      
   This is interesting:   
      
   A Piece of Internet History Lost: IO.com Sold, Services To Shut Down   
   Posted by timothy on Wednesday June 01, @03:07AM   
   from the fond-memories dept.   
   An anonymous reader writes "The former Illuminati Online domain, IO.com, has   
   been sold, and all existing customers will lose all services associated with   
   the domain. A 1990 Secret Service raid on Steve Jackson Games, then owner of   
   the Illuminati Online BBS and later the IO.com domain led to the creation of   
   the EFF and was an important milestone in the fight for online rights. While   
   the domain has been sold in the past, the services offered to customers always   
   remained unchanged. However, this most recent sale, to an unnamed party, will   
   result in all services being dropped on July 1, and people will lose email   
   addresses, web pages, and shell accounts that many have had for 15+ years."   
      
   source:   
   http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/06/01/0219211/A-Piece-of-Internet-History-Lo   
   st-IOcom-Sold-Services-To-Shut-Down   
      
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