[Novalug] [OT] question about legality of web page copying

greg pryzby greg@pryzby.org
Tue Oct 21 18:10:41 EDT 2014


There is no hope based my limited experience. Add that it is out of the USA
and that makes it harder. Your only hope is to contact the registrar and
alert them and they do something.

On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 4:51 PM, Bonnie Dalzell via Novalug <
novalug@firemountain.net> wrote:

> I realize this is pretty off topic but you all are such a knowledgeable
> group.
>
> Also if anyone on this list is an attorney with web experience I would
> like to know.
>
> I breed a dog breed called Borzoi (Russian Wolf Hound).
>
> In 2006 the Borzoi Magazine, "Borzoi Connection" (BorzoiConnection.com)
> ceased publication and dropped payment for their domain name.
>
> However Google and other search engines still have archives for many sites
> that linked to BorzoiConnection.com
>
> Someone in Russia bought the name but it is still registered through
> directnic.com.
>
> The new name owner went to the internet archive and retrieved many of the
> pages for BorzoiConnection.com and placed them on a server (maybe in
> Greece).
>
> This included the front page for the magazine - which is of course
> copyrighted and the logo for the magazine which is also under copyright. It
> also includes the subscription page which has the contact information of
> the former publisher of the magazine.
>
> The new owner has added two links to the front page of the site:
>
> <quote>
>
> If you are done with our magazin's edition please consider taking a look
> at Teens Love Huge Cocks portal!
>
> All the magazines are available to browse in our local xxx pawn. You might
> go up there and check it out!
>
> <end quote>
>
> So obviously neither the Borzoi Club nor the former editor are happy about
> the presentation of its Magazine as a portal to porn and the listing of the
> former editor as a contact associated with porn.
>
> I have to admit I have not followed the porn links so I do not know if the
> first one is actually child porn. Its domain name is the same as the text
> with .com added to it.
>
> I know that it is probably impossible to get the BorzoiConnection domain
> name back but I would like to know of the best strategy to getting the
> copyrighted front page taken off so that any presentation of porn is no
> longer associated with the Borzoi club's image.
>
> I have some ideas about cooperative construction of a google bomb so that
> searches for Borzoi Connection in google, etc are directed to the current
> web pages of the Borzoi Club Of America.
>
> Any insights and ideas.
>
> I know it was stupid for them to abandon the domain name but people often
> do not think of that as a problem.
>
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