FC: Update on Texas mall assailing critical website with similar name

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 19:38:30 +0000 (GMT)
From: Kieran Barry <kieran () esperi demon co uk>
To: declan () well com
cc: Hank () WebFeats com
Subject: Bad news! (fwd)

Hi Declan,

You covered the story of Hank Mishkoff a little while back.  He was
operating a fan site on a local shopping mall near Dallas called The
Shops at Willow Bend, and the owners, Taubman, sued him in Michigan.
He is defending the suit himself, and publicising the matter through a
website available at the following names:

taubmansucks.com
willowbendsucks.com
willowbendmallsucks.com
shopsatwillowbendsucks.com

as well as a couple of others, which I don't recall.  He has posted
scanned copies of all the paperwork from the lawsuit on this site, and
used it to coordinate legal advice.

Although he only mentions the taubmansucks.com site below, it appears
that all the sites are currently down by order of the judge.  What is
particularly interesting is that in one of his filings opposing the
request that the site be pulled, he stated that doing so would damage
his ability to defend the case.

Regards

Kieran Barry

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2001 10:15:11 -0600
From: Hank Mishkoff <Hank () WebFeats com>
To: TaubmanSucks () WebFeats com
Subject: Bad news!

Got a fax from the judge's office today -- he's expanded the preliminary
injunction to include my TaubmanSucks.com site, which I've taken
offline. While he was at it, he denied my requests to dismiss the
complaint and to change the venue to Dallas.

This doesn't come at a great time for me (not that ANY time would have a
great time to receive this news), I'm on my way out the door for a
week's vacation. I do have an idea for how I can get the site back
online (without going to jail), but that may have to wait until I get
back.

Anyway, thanks as always to all of you for your continued support,
and... STAY TUNED!
   Hank Mishkoff
   Hank () WebFeats com




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