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Okay, this story starts out from 1999. It is very old, but I could not do anything as back then I was only 15 years old.
I had a domain X.com
I was obtaining DNS Services from company Z.
I registered X.com thru Networksolutions (and I still have the receipt showing the creation date of April 15, 1999).
I paid Company Z for DNS Services and they were my Technical contact.
Back then only being 15 years old, I found a mass bulk emailing program, and emailed probably 15,000 people. I was on a cable modem, and about 5 hours after I started, I got a call. (the call was at 11:30pm at night).
It was the owner of Company Z, who threatened to sue me immediately for spamming people and how he could charge me $150 for every email I sent that was spam. Remember this was five years ago. I could never condone spamming at my age now, but I really did not know of the issues back then.
So, Company Z threatened me and said they will sue me, and I have to stop using my site and shut it down.
Me being so scared, only 15, I don't tell my parents or anyone. So, later I found out Company Z has taken control of my domain. They even posted my whole story on the website. Stating, some kid bought an email program and starting mass emailing people, etc etc.
Company Z took over my domain, either by logging in through NetworkSolutions because I had the same password registered with his company as I did with Networksolutions. He must have changed the registrant, and then a few years later he transferred it to TUCOWS.
Now the thing is. I just want to be sure, When you transfer ownership, I'm almost positive creation date changes. I just transferred ownership of a domain through godaddy.com, and the creation date changed to the date it was transferred. Is this correct to assume? Because the creation date of domain X.com is still Apr 15, 99.
I want to go after this guy now and Get my domain back. It has been 5 years, but even then I could not sue as I was only 15. Now I am 20, and have the ability to go after this guy, but my only problem is that it has been way to long to do anything now. I called networksolutions and they don't keep records of anything. I have all my receipts from them, showing I registered it, but they don't have any other information.
I have not contacted Company Z yet. Anyone have any suggestions?
I had a domain X.com
I was obtaining DNS Services from company Z.
I registered X.com thru Networksolutions (and I still have the receipt showing the creation date of April 15, 1999).
I paid Company Z for DNS Services and they were my Technical contact.
Back then only being 15 years old, I found a mass bulk emailing program, and emailed probably 15,000 people. I was on a cable modem, and about 5 hours after I started, I got a call. (the call was at 11:30pm at night).
It was the owner of Company Z, who threatened to sue me immediately for spamming people and how he could charge me $150 for every email I sent that was spam. Remember this was five years ago. I could never condone spamming at my age now, but I really did not know of the issues back then.
So, Company Z threatened me and said they will sue me, and I have to stop using my site and shut it down.
Me being so scared, only 15, I don't tell my parents or anyone. So, later I found out Company Z has taken control of my domain. They even posted my whole story on the website. Stating, some kid bought an email program and starting mass emailing people, etc etc.
Company Z took over my domain, either by logging in through NetworkSolutions because I had the same password registered with his company as I did with Networksolutions. He must have changed the registrant, and then a few years later he transferred it to TUCOWS.
Now the thing is. I just want to be sure, When you transfer ownership, I'm almost positive creation date changes. I just transferred ownership of a domain through godaddy.com, and the creation date changed to the date it was transferred. Is this correct to assume? Because the creation date of domain X.com is still Apr 15, 99.
I want to go after this guy now and Get my domain back. It has been 5 years, but even then I could not sue as I was only 15. Now I am 20, and have the ability to go after this guy, but my only problem is that it has been way to long to do anything now. I called networksolutions and they don't keep records of anything. I have all my receipts from them, showing I registered it, but they don't have any other information.
I have not contacted Company Z yet. Anyone have any suggestions?