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In 2004, the owner of the website was eventually taken to court, and the website got suspended. The man in the picture was later identified as ''Kirk Johnson'', a gay man<ref>"KirkJ's Profile - Xtube.com". www.xtube.com. Retrieved 2018-12-15. xtube.com/profile/kirkj-508702/about-me <font color="red">Link Contains Pornography</font>.</ref> in his late 40s who actively posts pictures and videos of himself on pornographic websites, under the username ''KirkJ.''<ref>Chen, Adrian. "Finding Goatse: The Mystery Man Behind the Most Disturbing Internet Meme in History". Gawker. Retrieved 2018-12-14. http://gawker.com/finding-goatse-the-mystery-man-behind-the-most-disturb-5899787</ref> the domain name got suspended by Christmas Island Internet Administration for Acceptable Use Policy violations in response to a complaint, but many mirrors of the site are still available, remaining on display on many other websites. The Christmas Island resident filed the complaint that resulted in the suspension of this domain name. | In 2004, the owner of the website was eventually taken to court, and the website got suspended. The man in the picture was later identified as ''Kirk Johnson'', a gay man<ref>"KirkJ's Profile - Xtube.com". www.xtube.com. Retrieved 2018-12-15. xtube.com/profile/kirkj-508702/about-me <font color="red">Link Contains Pornography</font>.</ref> in his late 40s who actively posts pictures and videos of himself on pornographic websites, under the username ''KirkJ.''<ref>Chen, Adrian. "Finding Goatse: The Mystery Man Behind the Most Disturbing Internet Meme in History". Gawker. Retrieved 2018-12-14. http://gawker.com/finding-goatse-the-mystery-man-behind-the-most-disturb-5899787</ref> the domain name got suspended by Christmas Island Internet Administration for Acceptable Use Policy violations in response to a complaint, but many mirrors of the site are still available, remaining on display on many other websites. The Christmas Island resident filed the complaint that resulted in the suspension of this domain name. | ||
He is also known for the image labeled "Bottle Guy", which shows him with a large bottle inside of his anus.<ref>bottleguy.com</ref> | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The website was then put back, after a new owner purchased the website for 8,000 euros in 2008, and is now planning to be a subdomain service on which you can host your own website. It now also has plans for its own e-mail system, named, ''Goatse Mail'', claiming to be launched in early December 2012. However, the e-mail system has not been launched since. There were also plans for a cryptocurrency called ''Goatse Coin'', but there doesn't seem to be any progress.<ref>Pearson, Jordan; Koebler, Jason (2017-10-17). "The Current Owner of the 'Goatse' Website Wants It to Be a Household Name". Motherboard. Retrieved 2018-12-15. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/evpj8a/owner-of-goatse-coin-website-wants-it-to-be-a-household-name-meme</ref>[[File:Goatse.jpg|thumb|Hackers hack a billboard to display the dreaded image.|293x293px]] | The website was then put back, after a new owner purchased the website for 8,000 euros in 2008, and is now planning to be a subdomain service on which you can host your own website. It now also has plans for its own e-mail system, named, ''Goatse Mail'', claiming to be launched in early December 2012. However, the e-mail system has not been launched since. There were also plans for a cryptocurrency called ''Goatse Coin'', but there doesn't seem to be any progress.<ref>Pearson, Jordan; Koebler, Jason (2017-10-17). "The Current Owner of the 'Goatse' Website Wants It to Be a Household Name". Motherboard. Retrieved 2018-12-15. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/evpj8a/owner-of-goatse-coin-website-wants-it-to-be-a-household-name-meme</ref>[[File:Goatse.jpg|thumb|Hackers hack a billboard to display the dreaded image.|293x293px]] | ||
