Agreed, I'll probably have to let this go. But because it's using some of my language and words, I feel deeply violated and worry that it might be developed against me or taken as me by people who don't know. It's godawful ugly and I'd hope there'd be copyright violations, but that would require lawyers etc. and I don't have the money for that.
God I hate this medium at times - all the ads, hatreds, etc. I wonder how long it will be before my YouTube stuff is taken down...
Best, Alan, and thanks - On Fri, 24 Nov 2023, Paul Hertz via NetBehaviour wrote:
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2023 17:10:01 -0600 From: Paul Hertz via NetBehaviour <[email protected]> To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity <[email protected]> Cc: Paul Hertz <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] serious question about identity theft - need help - Hi Alan, You can complain to the internet service provider for asondheim.org, which seems to be wildwestdomains.com, according to the whois registry. However, this is unlikely to result in any satisfactory outcome, as wildwestdomains is basically a privacy shield service provider (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domains_by_Proxy). If asondheim.org does not get much traffic (as seems likely) and it doesn't change (likely, too, I think it's just parked), it may not be worth bothering about. I had similar adventures with variations on paulhertz.<whatever>, but I don't think there's ever been any doubt about which site is actually mine. Sorry I can't provide a good blunt instrument to compel miscreants to fall into line. Paul # whois.publicinterestregistry.org Domain Name: asondheim.org Registry Domain ID: 793f949c39e44eaabb835d920b99eef1-LROR Registrar WHOIS Server: http://whois.wildwestdomains.com Registrar URL: http://whois.wildwestdomains.com Updated Date: 2023-06-20T17:12:15Z Creation Date: 2002-09-28T17:58:20Z Registry Expiry Date: 2024-09-28T17:59:31Z Registrar: Wild West Domains, LLC Registrar IANA ID: 440 Registrar Abuse Contact Email: [email protected] Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4806242505 Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited Domain Status: clientRenewProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientRenewProhibited Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited Registry Registrant ID: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Registrant Name: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Registrant Organization: Domains By Proxy, LLC Registrant Street: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Registrant City: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Registrant State/Province: Arizona Registrant Postal Code: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Registrant Country: US Registrant Phone: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Registrant Phone Ext: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Registrant Fax: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Registrant Fax Ext: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Registrant Email: Please query the RDDS service of the Registrar of Record identified in this output for information on how to contact the Registrant, Admin, or Tech contact of the queried domain name. Registry Admin ID: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Admin Name: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Admin Organization: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Admin Street: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Admin City: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Admin State/Province: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Admin Postal Code: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Admin Country: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Admin Phone: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Admin Phone Ext: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Admin Fax: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Admin Fax Ext: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Admin Email: Please query the RDDS service of the Registrar of Record identified in this output for information on how to contact the Registrant, Admin, or Tech contact of the queried domain name. Registry Tech ID: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Tech Name: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Tech Organization: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Tech Street: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Tech City: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Tech State/Province: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Tech Postal Code: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Tech Country: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Tech Phone: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Tech Phone Ext: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Tech Fax: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Tech Fax Ext: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY Tech Email: Please query the RDDS service of the Registrar of Record identified in this output for information on how to contact the Registrant, Admin, or Tech contact of the queried domain name. Name Server: ns-1291.awsdns-33.org Name Server: ns-1709.awsdns-21.co.uk Name Server: ns-211.awsdns-26.com Name Server: ns-762.awsdns-31.net DNSSEC: unsigned URL of the ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form: https://www.icann.org/wicf/ >>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2023-11-24T22:57:42Z <<< On Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 4:52?PM Alan Sondheim via NetBehaviour <[email protected]> wrote: Hi - I'm writing to ask if you could help or recommend anything - years ago my domain asondheim.org was bought out from under me by someone in Australia who offered to sell it back for a high price. I opened up alansondheim.org and have been using that ever since. Last night by accident I went to asondheim.org and found identity theft and I don't know what to do about it - he's taken my name, my work, and turned it into something about health industry that has to be a scam. If you have any idea what to do or could do something at your end it would be greatly greatly appreciated. I'm obviously distraught, I feel seriously violated. I don't know where to turn since I'm no longer university affiliated of course and haven't been for a while. Please let me know what you think - do I have to live with this? Thank you so much - you can forward this to others if you think that would help. Please don't publicize. Best, Alan, thank you - _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour -- ----- |(*,+,#,=)(#,=,*,+)(=,#,+,*)(+,*,=,#)| --- http://paulhertz.net/
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