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goatse.cx

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goatse.cx
Type of site
formershock site
Available inEnglish
URLgoatse.cx
CommercialNo
Launched1999
Current statusoffline

Goatse.cx(pronounced either"/goʊtsi: dɒt si: ɛks/" or "/goʊt sɛks/";sometimes thetop level domainis left out and it is just called "Goatse" ) was anInternetshock site.The page featured a picture,hello.jpg,[1]showing an undressed man stretching hisbuttto a large size with both hands, with the inside of hisrectumclearly visible. Below his gapinganus,his danglingpenisandscrotumwere visible, as well as a ring on the ringfingerof his left hand.[1]

The imagehello.jpgcomes from a set of forty pictures from a file named gap.zip. In those images, the man usedsex toysandbutt plugsto stretch his anus. The images were located byStile Projectand are also available from the "Contrib" section of the goatse.cx website under the filenamegap.zip.[2]hello.jpgis the third file in the archive,gap3.jpg.

The site was namedGoatse.cxbecause it is similar to the phrasegoat sex.However, nogoatsare involved anywhere on the site.

History

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Site suspension

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On January 14, 2004, thedomaingoatse.cxwas closed for a time.[3][4]byChristmas Island Internet Administrationfor policy[5]violations in response to a complaint, but many mirrors (copies hosted on different websites) of the site are still available,[6]and the picture is displayed on many websites.

In January 2007, Christmas Island Internet Administration put the domain goatse.cx back into the pool of available domains. The domain was then registered on January 16 through domain registrar Variomedia,[7]and the current holder tried to auction off the right to use the domain.[8]

The goatse.cx domain name was reported sold at anauctionon April 30, 2007 to an unknown bidder. According to seobidding, the first auction ended with fake bids so the auction was reactivated.[9]This was again won by fake bidders, so Seobidding announced that the website would be sold for $500,000 and that legal action would be pursued against the fake bidders. On November 25, 2007, the site was for sale on seobidding; "goatse.cx asking: $50200 minimum."[10]

Control of the domain was moved to the another market, and was taken bydomain squatterswho were trying to sell the domain name for 10,000euros.

Re-launch

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On July 4, 2008, the site was open again, with a picture ofBill O'Reillyand alegal notice.The file name and text remained the same as before.

As of September 28, 2008, the site was again put up for sale, and the picture changed once again because of alegal orderfromFox Broadcasting Companyordering the owner to stop showing a picture of Bill O'Reilly.[source?]

Geographic location

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The site used the.cxcountry code, thetop-level domainof theAustralianterritory ofChristmas Island.The actual computer server of Goatse.cx was not on Christmas Island, but in theUnited Statesand was owned by Hick.org, a website about computer programming and bathroomhumor.The Hick.org domain was registered by Matt Miller inOverland Park,Kansas.[11]Both Goatse.cx and Hick.org originated from the sameIP address;the server was inKansas City,Missouri,metro-region. Goat.cx, formerly a mirror of Goatse.cx, was in theDallas,Texas,metro-region, while current mirror Goatse.ru is inRussia.

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Many Internet users have been tricked into looking at the site;[12]it has become anInternet meme.[13]As such,hello.jpgand the other images on the site are common subjects ofparodiesandtributes.[14]

AfterHurricane Charleyin August 2004, an image purporting to show "the hands of God" in the cloud formations in the aftermath of the disaster circulated in email. The image was proven to be a false Goatse parody.[15]

In June 2007, a parody of the2012 Summer Olympics logosent by "Sean Stayte" appeared on the BBC News website[16][17]under the alternative Olympic Logo entries and was broadcast on theirBBC News 24 channel.Two hands were pulling the ends of the 0 digit from "2012" apart. The image was later shown as part of a gallery of viewers logos onBBC London NewsandBBC News 24,and was later removed from the website. The editor of the BBC News website stated the mistake in his blog, saying his team "simply didn’t spot it".[18]

There are at least four songs about Goatse, and also a band named Goatse.[19]

References

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  1. ↑1.01.1"Archived copy".Archived from the original on 2001-03-09.Retrieved2008-11-09.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ↑"Contributed Work".Archived fromthe originalon 2001-03-02.Retrieved2009-01-04.
  3. ↑Garth Miller (2004-01-12)."Notice Regarding AUP Complaint Version 1.1"(PDF).Christmas Island Internet Administration. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2008-10-29.-
  4. ↑"NIC.CX Feedback forums".C. 2004-01-18. Archived fromthe originalon 2004-01-18.-
  5. ↑"Council of Country Code Administrators - Acceptable Use Policy.cx - Christmas Island (.cx ccTLD) > Policies - Sections".Archived fromthe originalon 2008-10-21.Retrieved2009-01-04.
  6. ↑"Goatse Mirror (viewer discretion advised)".Archived fromthe originalon 2003-06-23.Retrieved2007-05-08.
  7. ↑Variomedia AG - Domain-Registrierung, Webhosting, Reseller
  8. ↑Portail d'informations Ce site est en vente!Archived2000-12-02 at theWayback Machine(in French)
  9. ↑"Goatse.cx Now For Sale!".Archived fromthe originalon 2007-04-27.Retrieved2007-05-08.
  10. ↑"Seobidding Auction".Retrieved2007-05-18.
  11. ↑"Whois.net Lookup for Hick.org".Archived fromthe originalon 2007-09-26.Retrieved2006-10-25.
  12. ↑Johnson, Bob (2004-12-02),"The Goatse Prank",zug,archived fromthe originalon 2013-02-10,retrieved2009-01-04
  13. ↑Kirkpatrick, Stewart (2004-06-09),"Lazy Guide to Net Culture: NSFW",The Scotsman
  14. ↑"Tribute to Goatse.cx (Warning: Many pages displayhello.jpg) ".Archived fromthe originalon 2010-06-20.Retrieved2009-01-04.
  15. ↑"The Hands of God,"Snopes
  16. ↑_43006883_sean_stayte_416.jpg,"BBC
  17. ↑"Goatse on BBC."CollegeHumor.June 6, 2007. Retrieved on October 3, 2009.
  18. ↑"Shock tactics,"BBC
  19. ↑Goatse - his anus consumes him.SoundClick.
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