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Ed New domain name for stopsylviabrowne = stopsylvia.com

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Well, Folks, apparently I paid for the "hosting" but not the domain name. Notifications were sent to Robert's email, which I have not had access to. I was told a mailing went out as well, but I never got it.

The domain was sold - legally. I still think it was pretty crappy customer service. All they could do for me was give me StopSylviaBrowne.net. The lady told me that StopKaz.com was coming up for renewal in Dec, as well as a few others, so I went ahead and paid for all of it. She was kind enough to give me a whopping 20% discount. More domain names are coming due in Jan, but I will receive the email notifications at my email address.

Please pass the word:

The ORIGINAL StopSylviaBrowne.com is now StopSylviaBrowne.net.
It should be up in 8 - 48 hours.

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Update since this OP.
The address is actually now finalised as www.stopsylvia.com.
 
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Out of curiosity, is "stop sylvia browne" a trademark of any sort? If it is, you can file a petition to have the original site returned to you.

See http://www.icann.org/en/dndr/udrp/policy.htm for more information. I personally believe that the current owner of the old site may be guilty of "Registration and Use in Bad Faith."
 
RSL's better half said:
Well, Folks, apparently I paid for the "hosting" but not the domain name. Notifications were sent to Robert's email, which I have not had access to. I was told a mailing went out as well, but I never got it.

The domain was sold - legally. I still think it was pretty crappy customer service. All they could do for me was give me StopSylviaBrowne.net. The lady told me that StopKaz.com was coming up for renewal in Dec, as well as a few others, so I went ahead and paid for all of it. She was kind enough to give me a whopping 20% discount. More domain names are coming due in Jan, but I will receive the email notifications at my email address.
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Susan, what the woman at GoDaddy has told you doesn't match what is in the whois database which is maintained by ICANN (the corporation ultimately responsible for managing IP addresses and domain name registration) . As I understand it, according to that database, both domain names were paid up through August 2009. (The whois database is only concerned with infomation in regard to domain names, not hosting services.) Based on the whois database, I don't agree that the domain name was sold legally.

Some folks who said they have experience with domain names and etc. appeared to have the same understanding in the other thread.

I understand that ICANN has an inexpensive procedure set up to contest an illegal transfer.

But you obviously have a lot to deal with now, so if you don't want to take this on in addition to everything else, I'm sure that everyone will understand.
 
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The site almost looks skeptical. As skeptical as a true believer will be.
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Yep. It has an air of skepticism about it until you read the individual articles on the various forms of paranormal services. These all contain words and phrases linked to one website offering such services. The links are clearly optimised for search engines (page rank). Essentially it looks like a link farm dressed up as a quasi-skeptical website.

Sad that it's happened but at least we have an answer now and can go about re-directing old links where possible. It'd be nice if we could get a bit of pharyngula action happening so as to get an immediate boost in page ranking for the new address :)
 
Kaylee said:
But you obviously have a lot to deal with now, so if you don't want to take this on in addition to everything else, I'm sure that everyone will understand.
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No doubt, Susan, but if you want forumites to pursue the issue, take 30 seconds to say so and I'll bet knowledgeable folks here will pick up the issue.
 
Kaylee said:
Based on the whois database, I don't agree that the domain name was sold legally.

Some folks who said they have experience with domain names and etc. appeared to have the same understanding in the other thread.

I understand that ICANN has an inexpensive procedure set up to contest an illegal transfer.

But you obviously have a lot to deal with now, so if you don't want to take this on in addition to everything else, I'm sure that everyone will understand.
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I have to change my stance regarding this. According to GoDaddys FAQs it may very well have been sold legally. 25 days after expiration it will be put up for auction:

In many cases, soon-to-be-expired domains are auctioned. If the current registrant fails to renew the registration within the allotted grace and subsequent redemption periods, you can attempt to acquire the domain by placing a bid for it.
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If sold on this auction the domainname will be renewed as if it was automatically renewed. The expiration date will be an anniversary of the creation date.

It is a truly unfortunate coincidence that this occurred when RSL was out of commision.

Word of advice: Put stopsylviabrowne.net on automatic renewal.
 
Um.

stopsylviabrowne.net is not what you bought, Susan.

stopsylviabrown.net is.

Guess who owns the correctly spelled one?

Registrant:
kreimanchess
6633 Yucca st apt1 05
Hollywood, California 90028
United States

Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: STOPSYLVIABROWNE.NET
Created on: 30-Oct-08
Expires on: 31-Oct-09
Last Updated on: 30-Oct-08

Administrative Contact:
Kreiman, Boris kreimanchess@yahoo.com
kreimanchess
6633 Yucca st apt1 05
Hollywood, California 90028
United States
(323) 302-3777

Technical Contact:
Kreiman, Boris kreimanchess@yahoo.com
kreimanchess
6633 Yucca st apt1 05
Hollywood, California 90028
United States
(323) 302-3777
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There should be a rethinking of what name to use now. .org may be good if open. .us etc.

Then again, who knows what that jackass bought up. He may own them all.

ETA: He does.


I'd suggest migrating to SSB.com/net/us whatever.
 
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I managed to snag stopsylviabrowne.us

Let me know if you want it.



NOTE:

Please everyone do not start buying up domains and offering them
 
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Well it looks like StopSylviaBrowne.com is now legitimately under new ownership. Have you asked the new owners if they'd consider selling it back to you?
 
Well it looks like StopSylviaBrowne.com is now legitimately under new ownership. Have you asked the new owners if they'd consider selling it back to you?
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Whoever owns it won't sell it cheaply. Going by the text on the new site, they most likely believe in psychics, so probably won't be wanting to sell it to a skeptic.
 
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How about stopsylvia.com? Is that available? That would go nicely with stopkaz.com.
 
So ... what is the best address for me to put on the merchandise that's being sold to fundraise for the Lancasters? Is there a definite answer for that yet?
 
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So ... what is the best address for me to put on the merchandise that's being sold to fundraise for the Lancasters? Is there a definite answer for that yet?
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Susan or RSL will need to decide if stopsylvia.net is enough, or if they want me to transfer stopsylviabrowne.us to them to use permanently.
 
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