[Nettime-bold] net-art.org hold for ransom

[Josephine Bosma <jesis@xs4all.nl>]

from: atty <atty@no-such.com> (andrew forbes)

last week domain name www.net-art.org was kidnapped (due to admin
blunders registration had expired for about 3 weeks), I am being asked
$2500 for its return by one calling himself Allen Ginsberg (and also
charles bukowsky) and sometimes anwering allen@elazy.com, variously
purporting to live in Burbank CA, Russia and Armenia

this personage makes a habit of this kind of thing, though usually he
picks on american catholic schools.

Obvioulsy I can't/won't pay this ransom and there seems no chance of
legal redress since one has to have a registered trademark to have a
case under ICANN rules (so only businessmen have any hope of
challenging)

<snip> [Andrew Forbes considers another domain name, when you go to
net-art.org now you will find only porn there. JB] <snip>


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