Posting/hosting e-mail copyright infringement?! Ex has gone crazy - PLEASE HELP!!

[iwearnosox]

Originally posted by: Skaven
Does anybody have some actual laws that I can cite? I can't find anything on e-mail or photography copyrights. I mean, I can find a lot of stuff - but no actual laws or anything. I tried looking through copyright laws and the DMCA - but I didn't find anything other than a headache.

Do what I do, convince him to take it down or suffer. People don't F with me, they know better.

 

[Anubis]

not many of us are lawywrs. you best bet is to talk to one. i can ask my sister for you cause she is one. she moght know what you shoudl do and can do

anbd cant she just take teh site down? just stop paying for it and it will go away

 

[dabuddha]

Doesn't anyone realize the bigger problem here. The stalking ex boyfriend? Two words, Louisville and Slugger.

 

[rahvin]

Originally posted by: dabuddha
Doesn't anyone realize the bigger problem here. The stalking ex boyfriend? Two words, Louisville and Slugger.

Don't mess with stalkers they are dangerous. You show up with a bat and he could be carrying a gun. I had a gf in college that started getting stalked by the ex I stole her from and he ended up getting caught a few miles from her parents house on a weekend she was home (in a VERY rural area, maybe 50 residents over a few hundered square miles) with a nice big hunting knife. This was in additon to numerous other incidents and resulted in the cops believing he was going to attempt to kill her. He ended up in jail on $50,000 bond.

The best advice I can offer is to involved the police as soon as possible, that way if something does happen there is a paper trail.

 

[yoda291]

Originally posted by: iwearnosox

Originally posted by: Skaven
Does anybody have some actual laws that I can cite? I can't find anything on e-mail or photography copyrights. I mean, I can find a lot of stuff - but no actual laws or anything. I tried looking through copyright laws and the DMCA - but I didn't find anything other than a headache.

Do what I do, convince him to take it down or suffer. People don't F with me, they know better.

He hasn't worn socks in such a long time, the stink from his sneakers is considered deadly to even roaches!

 

[jjones]

Regarding the domain name, contact the Registrar and file a complaint. Do a whois lookup on the domain and you will find out who the Registrar is. (In case you don't know, the Registrar is the organization responsible for assigning the domain name and keeping the nameserver record.) Go to the Registrar's web site and follow their instructions on filing a complaint. Given that the domain is in her name, it is easily apparent that this domain should belong to her or that she has some rights to it. Have her write a brief but detailed account of what has transpired and ask what is the next step in removing this domain from the current registered owner (the ex-bf).

If she is not able to get the domain outright (unlikely) they may at the least suspend the domain name pending further investigation but this will depend upon who the Registrar is. Registrars frown upon the sort of thing you describe as it can get them in trouble with ICANN. This situation is too small to be anything for them to really worry about, but it is the sort of thing that are generally against their rules, so this is in your favor.