There are other people named Brian Meloche - I know of at least two... one of whom has my middle name, too (Joseph). None of them has had a presence on the web.
At least I am not my friend, Rick Mason, who has a Flash guy in Toronto by the same name. And, I am not John Ritter, who is the CF developer that sits in the cubicle next to me. Astonishing, since he died a few years ago! :-) On 9/29/05, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Brian Meloche [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 12:07 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Someone bought brianmeloche.net? > > > > It's been a while since I have posted here... I read when I can, but > > don't post much... > > > > I am trying to resurrect my website, as my old hosting provider hadn't > > changed my registration email address, I was unable to transfer hosts > > (that's been corrected). > > > > However, thinking that I wouldn't be able to get brianmeloche.com up > > and running before MAX, I decided to search for brianmeloche.net. It > > looks like a company, Domain Doorman, LLC, registered brianmeloche.net > > three days ago!!?!?!?!??!? > > > > It appears that they may have seen that I recently searched the WHOIS > > to see if brianmeloche.com has changed contact information, and > > perhaps registered brianmeloche.net thinking that I would want the > > ..net. I do... I called them, but it doesn't appear to be a legitimate > > business phone number. > > > > I am wondering if anyone else has seen something like this happen to them. > > Name-squatters are pretty common. If you can't contact them you can contact > their registrar and lodge a complaint - although it may take legal action to > actually get the name switched. > > We had a similar problem at www.firstnight.org. Somebody purchased > "FirstNightBoston.com" and used to host an ad frame with our site framed > inside. A frames-buster killed the misuse and a letter from the corporate > lawyer got the domain name. > > In this case the name "first night" is copyrighted and the squatter was > obviously associating it with our organization for personal gain so it was > an easy sell. In your case, with a personal name, it may be more difficult > - especially if there's a "brian meloche" on the other side. ;^) > > Jim Davis > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:175483 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
