All, Especially WilliamX. Walsh. Is this a threat William? A promise maybe? Inquiring minds MAY want to know? Do I sense a fear of something too close to the truth for Mr. Walsh perhaps? Is posing a question of a close correlation to a wired news article to Mr. Walsh's questionable activities and sustained seemingly misguided web and E-Mail activities spanning some months at least. Do we have another Mr. Cohen amongst us? It certainly appears that we MAY have.... This might just make interesting follow on story to... see: http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/19140.html Regards, -- Jeffrey A. Williams CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng. Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC. E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact Number: 972-447-1894 Address: 5 East Kirkwood Blvd. Grapevine Texas 75208
Now you are committing slander. Giving me more and more reason to actual file against you and get a subpena for your Netcom customer records and payment records to get your real identity. I know of at least two others who have asked for written statements from me about your actions for legal actions of their own. The noose will tighten, Jeff. The noose will tighten. On Fri, 16 Apr 1999 03:48:22 +0100, Jeff Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Arnold and all, > > Very interesting story indeed. And yes Sheeesh is the appropriate >expression of disgust. > > The interesting thing I found in this story is the fellow, sounds amazingly >like William Walsh of this list fame. In particular this excerpt: >"Cohen allegedly pulled off of the domain heist > with a forged letter, dated 15 October 1995, to > Network Solutions, the Net's registrar. > According to Kremen, Cohen duped Network > Solutions by ginning up a memo on phony > letterhead from a bogus executive at Kremen's > company, Online Classifieds." > > >A Gehring wrote: > >> Incredible, and everyone wants a piece of NSI. Doesn't really make much >> sense, does it. Imagine what dot SEX could produce? SHEESH indeed. >> >> Arnold Gehring >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >The Sordid Saga of SEX.COM, by Craig Bicknell (Wired - April 15, 1999) >> >http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/19140.html >> > >> >[summary] >> >San Francisco entrepreneur Gary Kremen filed a lawsuit in the summer of >> >1998, claiming that Net porn king Steve Cohen stole his registration >> for >> >SEX.COM by sending a a cleverly forged letter to Network Solutions. >> Kremen >> >registered the domain name on May 9, 1994 but it was transferred to >> Cohen >> >on October 17, 1995. NSI has disavowed any contractual relationship >> existed >> >before it began collecting registration fees in September of 1995.* >> > >> >"The case is simple," Kremen says. "It's about an >> >international con man, who was twice in jail, forging a >> >letter to InterNIC and taking away a domain name -- and >> >Networks Solutions doing nothing about it." >> > >> >___________________ >> >* Note: >> > Although I'm not an attorney, I must point out that NSI established >> its >> >original domain dispute policy in July 1995, thus acknowledging a >> >contractual arrangement with its domain name registrants. Now it says >> >consideration (reg fees) was required to establish a contractual >> >relationship. NSI can't have it both ways. >> > >> >Consideration may exist "if promise is induced by the [promisor] to do >> >something that [it] is not legally bound to do or refrains from doing >> >anything he has a legal right to do, or if the promisee acts in >> reliance >> >upon the >> >[promise] to his detriment." See United Masonary Inc. of Va. v. Riggs >> Nat'l >> >Bank of Wash., D.C., S.E.2d 509, 513-14 >> > >> >There was an implied quid pro quo even before NSI began collecting >> fees. >> >Each registrant accepted certain requirements on the reg form in >> exchange >> >for which NSI allocated the domain name to the specific applicant. >> > >> > >> >Ellen Rony >> Co-author >> >The Domain Name Handbook >> http://www.domainhandbook.com >> >======================== // >> ============================= >> >ISBN 0879305150 *=" ____ / +1 (415) >> 435-5010 >> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] \ ) Tiburon, >> CA >> > On the Internet, // \\ no one knows you're a dog. >> > >> > >> > >Regards, > > >-- >Jeffrey A. Williams >CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng. >Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC. >E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Contact Number: 972-447-1894 >Address: 5 East Kirkwood Blvd. Grapevine Texas 75208 -- William X. Walsh [EMAIL PROTECTED] General Manager, DSo Internet Services NSI & Internic news http://www.dso.net/internic/
