[rescue] FW: [ORBZ] Shutdown

[Jon]

This sums up what is wrong with the Internet (that and goatse). Judges
shouldn't be allowed to sit on the bench unless they are under the age of
40.

Jon




On Wed, 20 Mar 2002, Mike Nicewonger wrote:

> In light of yesterday's thread about ORBZ, I thought I would pass this
> along.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 03:15:49 +0000
> From: ORBZ <admin at orbz.org>
> Reply-To: list at orbz.org
> To: list at orbz.org
> Subject: [ORBZ] Shutdown
>
> Here's the email that those of you with forward sight
> have been fearing since the inception of ORBZ.
>
> As of this moment, ORBZ is shutting down.  DNS zones
> are going to stop resolving, the website will disappear
> and mail will stop working (so furthur discussion on
> this list probably won't work -- use NANAE).
>
> I don't want to disappear in silence like ORBS, so I'll
> try for as much description as possible without
> compromising my own position.
>
> I received an official court notice this afternoon to
> turn over all information relation to ORBZ accounts.
> This came from the 10th Judicial District court of the
> State of Michigan.  It appears that ORBZ may be facing
> criminal charges for denial of service relating to the
> Lotus Domino issue.
>
> I was happy to try to weather any civil issues that may
> have come up, and I was committed to seeing it through.
> However, the threat of jail time is too much; I don't
> believe in this fight quite that much.
>
> Thank you all for all your support.  I sincerely hope
> that someone with the goal of carrying on the mission
> of ORBZ pops up in another country with a less
> foreboding legal system.  Anyone who has copies of the
> current zones may do with them what they wish.
>
> For those of you stuck without good spam filtering,
> please consider ORDB and SpamCop; they both provide
> excellent free solutions.
>
> Ian Gulliver
> ORBZ
>
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