Hollywood Agency SHUTS down free speech site

Boycott Hollywood ^ | 5/1/03 | Lisa

[Sgt Hulka]

Apparently, our domain registrar (namesdirect.com - subsidiary of Dotster.com) have caved to the pressures of the William Morris Agency giant. On April 29, 2003, Dotster.com received a letter from the William Morris Agency in regards to this website. Their complaint accused us of liable and potentially other civil and criminal offenses.

This is another fine example of how Hollywood feels that their opinion and view is the only one that matters. Average citizens are disallowed the free expression of our point of view because they don't like being challenged for their views. I stand firm on the belief that we have done nothing wrong at this website - - The celebrities have expressed their views, and we have responded in kind by expressing our views regarding the thoughts and ideas that they have, publicly, expressed.

Dotster.com has suspended our update information at this domain and have informed us that the DNS information of this domain has been changed and the website will be down within the next 24 hours and our contract with them is now null and void. They are doing this because we did not provide accurate contact information in their public database.

When I explained that the reason we did not provide accurate contact information is because we have received multiple death threats and I did not wish for just anyone to have my personal information - and asked them for suggestions on what to do - Dotster was unmoved. They did not give me the chance to update the information with accurate information and keep the domain. That's not an option - - they are just simply going to shut down our domain - no explanation needed.

Further questioning of Dotster brought me a copy of the letter sent to them by the William Morris Agency and reads as follows:

[Mr. Lucky]

Wm. Morris packs quite a lot into such a short letter.

[barbarianbabs]

The hollywood elite are SO annoying.

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

You forgot what follows the "... and reads as follows".

I never saw the site so maybe a quick overview of the content would be helpful to some, like me, who don't know what was posted.

[lilylangtree]

Just goes to show that Marxist Hollyweirdos can do and say anything they want but let the general public exercise its rights as a unified voice and WHAMO! the public is cut off. Hollyweirdo can vilify, rant and rave because they consider themselves an elite crowd due to fame and fortune received by and from the patronage of the general public. However, when the general public tries to exercise the same rights, all avenues are closed. Now who is blocking whoms constitutionally-protected civil rights?

[poet]

Another proof that liberals are intolerant.

[Sgt Hulka]

Sorry, you can Click Here to see the actual letter, and posts before their URL expires (24hrs-ish)

[Only1choice____Freedom]

Can you find another host for your site?

Maybe one that likes free speech instead of one that just says so.

[JoJo Gunn]

How about posting it here, if it's about to vanish? Might as well have it for reference.

[ContemptofCourt]

http://www.boycott-hollywood.us/ ...the link did not work, but check here.

The bottom line is the contract between the DNS provider and the owner of the DN....just go to another host.

[observer5]

The Lawyers have destroyed free America long before the terrorists have tried.

[cinFLA]

The Lawyers have destroyed free America long before the terrorists have tried.

The ACLU was founded by socialists to use our constitution against us.

[Fixit]