Fezzik Week17 , now or never.........

[QUOTE=anthony;36932]When we finally got PayPal's ear with pages and pages of documentation, they sent us a response (two weeks later) saying, in essence, we contacted them and they deny it, so we're not doing anything.[/QUOTE] What do you mean they deny it? The guy uses paypal (and thus is making them money) and they won't shut him down? That does not surprise me one bit. I'd guess it's not in their jurisdiction to make a call on that. What money have you spent, did you hire a lawyer? I would think one of your thousands of members would have a helpful idea or two that could resolve the issue, or contact with someone who could help. Maybe post a sticky asking anyone for assistance? You have to know this issue will come up over and over and over again until its resolved, with different people joining your site...

[QUOTE=anthony;36932]What are you talking about? We've stated over and over that this is a fraudulent site. Now you want me to tell you what we've done to stop it? What does it matter? Suffice it to say we spent way too much time and money for no result. When we finally got PayPal's ear with pages and pages of documentation, they sent us a response (two weeks later) saying, in essence, we contacted them and they deny it, so we're not doing anything. What else do you "need" to know? Yes, the implied accusation pisses me off.[/QUOTE] Anthony, all you have to do is get your attorney to send a letter to their server and to whom they purchased their domain from telling them that they will be included in a LARGE Lawsuit if the site is not taken down...easy as pie.. You are welcome...

[QUOTE=IceTea;36933]I would think one of your thousands of members would have a helpful idea or two that could resolve the issue, or contact with someone who could help. Maybe post a sticky asking anyone for assistance? You have to know this issue will come up over and over and over again until its resolved, with different people joining your site...[/QUOTE] I posted this a while back in the first thread started about the stevefezzik.com website: [QUOTE]Towelie is correct. I would maybe also consider seeking an injunction against GoDaddy in AZ (the AZ Dept. of Corporations website lists it)ordering them to temporarily take down the site. I'll bet if GoDaddy gets hit with that from the real Fezzik, it will probably take the site down itself regardless of the merits of the request for the injunction. You'd probably need an Arizona intellectual property attorney and/or litigator for this. Another option would be to have an attorney simply get on the phone with GoDaddy's legal department and ask for help informally. Their in-house counsel should be smart enough to know that a request for an injunction is likely to come down the pipe if they get a call from the real Fezzik's "lawyer".[/QUOTE] The second paragraph above is obviously the cheaper option. I would start with a telephone call to GoDaddy's general counsel's office. You can make this call yourself. Just call GoDaddy's 1-800 number, and ask for the number of the general counsel's office to get you to the right place. You also may consider paying an attorney a couple hundered bucks to make the call(s) for you. The general counsel will respond faster (a lot faster) to an attorney's telephone call. I'm sure GoDaddy deals with fraudulent and impersonator websites all of the time. They might even have pre-printed forms for you to fill out to stream line the request to shut down stevefezzik.com. Anthony/Fezzik - PM me if you would like to talk about these options in more detail.

Oh, it's that easy? Thanks. I'll do it.

[QUOTE=anthony;36938]Oh, it's that easy? Thanks. I'll do it.[/QUOTE] It's that easy? WHAT!!!!!! One would figure you would have used all methods available by now to end the speculation. I never get involved in this stuff on this board, but this is too much. LOL

Oh my god! Forget it. Let's leave it at this. We've done everything we can do. If you think it's legitimate, go give them your money.

[QUOTE=anthony;36938]Oh, it's that easy? Thanks. I'll do it.[/QUOTE] I didn't mean to imply that one telephone call would immediately and succesfully resolve the dispute. But, I do think it's the fastest and cheapest way to informally resolve the matter. No one wants to go to court over something like this - it would cost a small fortune, and the damages would probably be difficult to prove, i.e., proving damages to Steve's reputation. But, if you can at least get the ear of someone in the GoDaddy GC's office, that person might be able to describe the process for removing fraudulent websites. For example, that person might say, "Send us a sworn statement from Steve that he is being impersonated. We then will present that to the registered owner of the website and let him/her respond. If the response is insufficient, then we take the site down." They of course could also tell you that they only take websites down when ordered to do so by a Court. Then, it's Steve's (and no one else's) decision whether to incur the cost of a legal action. But, who knows, maybe you can get it done with telephone calls. You are right though - ultimately, it is Steve's decision what to do about it. If he does not want to do anything further, that is his decision, and no one here should tell him otherwise. I can see why PayPal wouldn't be helpful. From their perspective, it's a private dispute between the real Steve Fezzik and the website owner. Another thought - there might be Arizona and/or Nevada laws on the books about website impersonators. If that is the case, notifying AZ or NV authorities is another option. These are just my thoughts. Feel free to ignore them. I enjoy this board, and whether the bogus site stays up or goes down is meaningless to me. (Sorry Anthony - I was writing this when you made your last post above. I'll keep quiet about it from this point on - good luck with whatever you do).

It's OK. The point is, we've followed all of these paths and been shut down at every turn. You can't get to these people. Our own attorneys told us to ignore it. Not much left to do, especially at this juncture of the season.

Im pretty sure that Anthony and Fezzik can get that "scam" site down after season is over. ;)

Pretty scary they can continue even if only some of these avenues have been attempted. None of us truly thought they were legitimate, was just disappointing that this could continue this long. Most of us know they are fraudulent, but many others may not. It's obviously unfortunate.