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ITA · 02-05-2006, 01:18 PM

this is an old story and prolly was posted before ..but it might have been what help set things off ...when US senators are tied into Marijuana websites its gonna roll some heads .. even if its not your fault...

https://news.mywebpal.com/partners/70...ews513848.html

More than 100 World Wide Web domains belonging to a group that linked Florida senators’ names to a marijuana seed seller were de-activated Thursday and Friday. The same group has attempted in the past to attach Florida congressmen to a political group promoting white rights. Friends of Chantal, an organization in Mossyrock, Wash., bought the names of a dozen Florida state senators in January as Internet domains names. Those domains were then linked to Overgrow.com, a World Wide Web site that sells marijuana seeds from Canada.

The operators of 123cheapdomains.com, which sold rights to all of the domains to Friends of Chantal, said all of the domains are now inactive.

“The owners of the marijuana site are the ones who contacted us,” said Johnny Li, 123cheapdomains.com spokesman. “Apparently he has received a lot of complaints in the last few days.”

Li said Friends of Chantal had 111 domains connecting to the marijuana site. He would not release all of those domain names. All of those sites are inactive now and will not be used unless the organization can express a legitimate use for the sites.

“We didn’t have anything to do with taking the domains down,” said Sarah Bascom, press secretary for state Senate president Jim King. “But we are pleased to know that the senators’ names are no longer associated with the site, and we are sure the senators are pleased as well.”

After The Daily Commercial notified most of the senators that their names were connected to a marijuana sites, many expressed outrage. State Sen. Al Lawson, D-Tallahassee, called for a state investigation to find who was responsible for allawson.com connecting Internet users to Overgrow.com. When the marijuana site began receiving calls from Florida on the matter, it complained to the registrar of the site.

Richard Calrisian, webmaster for Overgrow.com, told The Daily Commercial via e-mail that Friends of Chantal did not have permission to connect any domains to his Web site.

All of the senator name domains were purchased Jan. 8 with a one-year reservation at a cost of $13.95. If registration is not renewed, Li said, the domains will be held for an additional 30 days before they are put up for sale widely. But this is not the first time Friends of Chantal has connected elected officials to a politically volatile issue. Four congressman from Florida, including local U.S. Rep. Ric Keller, R-Orlando, had their names purchased and connected to unpopular causes.

Shirley Wooley, chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Porter Goss, R-Naples, said portergoss.com was linked to the official site for the National Association for the Advancement of White People. The U.S. House counsel office threatened legal action against Friends of Chantal then and all of the congressmen’s domains were taken down.

“We never heard about it again,” Wooley said.

Keller’s office said they were never too distracted by the matter. Press secretary Bryan Malenius said he has forgotten where rickeller.com sent users. But he does remember Friends of Chantal tried to sell the site for an outrageous amount in an extortion attempt.

“We already have two Web sites already, the official House site and the campaign site kellerforcongress.com,” Malenius said, “So we never really thought twice about it. We certainly weren’t going to reward this behavior.”

Neither Keller nor Goss have any interest in buying to domains once they become available, spokespeople said.

ITA · 02-05-2006, 01:37 PM

they say they werent to worried yeah right, just what OG did not need was some stupid fuck bringing attention to the website... awaking a sleeping giant is not too smart, bringing attention to Overgrow wasnt either..

02-05-2006, 01:42 PM

this is old news and in the past
the matter was dealt with at the time and resolved, it had nothing to do with OG
some script kiddie thought it would be funny

12/19/03
By JACOB OGLES
Daily Commercial Staff Writer
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Nikijad4210 · 02-05-2006, 01:45 PM

Speaking of giving OG attention, remember when that Utah newspaper did a story on OG and quoted LuckyLeaf as saying when growing outdoors it was better to grow in a field? lol

ITA · 02-05-2006, 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oldpink

this is old news and in the past
the matter was dealt with at the time and resolved, it had nothing to do with OG
some script kiddie thought it would be funny

12/19/03
By JACOB OGLES
Daily Commercial Staff Writer
Email this story to a friend

yeah your probably right, water under the bridge or at least thats what they want/ed everyone to think.. either way it could not have been good for Overgrow...

rekiz · 02-05-2006, 01:53 PM

Fck look at what I just found

OVERGROW.COM BUSTED AND SERVER SEIZED

I did not want to wake up to this headline on CannabisCulture this morning:Overgrow.com, Cannabisworld.com, Heaven's Stairway Seed Company, and Eurohemp.com Shut Down and Servers Seized by Canadian Police.

Now it appears Heaven's Stairway Seeds (hempqc.com), Cannabisworld.com, Overgrow.com, Eurohemp.com have been shut down and the owners arrested in Canada; all their web properties seized, including the physical servers that held massive databases on thousands of growers, and tens of thousands of photographs of cannabis plants. Seed companies by the dozens used both Overgrow.com and Cannabisworld.com as a main trading ground. Over 40 seed companies had customer service interactive forums on these sites.

All the information held on those servers is now in the hands of police. It is not known what charges have been laid nor against whom. That police have not boasted about this seizure means the investigation is continuing, before any affected parties can react.

Overgrow was one of my favorite sites on the net, this is a travesty!

https://smokedot.org/content/view/315/2/

ITA · 02-05-2006, 01:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rekiz

Fck look at what I just found

OVERGROW.COM BUSTED AND SERVER SEIZED

I did not want to wake up to this headline on CannabisCulture this morning:Overgrow.com, Cannabisworld.com, Heaven's Stairway Seed Company, and Eurohemp.com Shut Down and Servers Seized by Canadian Police.

Now it appears Heaven's Stairway Seeds (hempqc.com), Cannabisworld.com, Overgrow.com, Eurohemp.com have been shut down and the owners arrested in Canada; all their web properties seized, including the physical servers that held massive databases on thousands of growers, and tens of thousands of photographs of cannabis plants. Seed companies by the dozens used both Overgrow.com and Cannabisworld.com as a main trading ground. Over 40 seed companies had customer service interactive forums on these sites.

All the information held on those servers is now in the hands of police. It is not known what charges have been laid nor against whom. That police have not boasted about this seizure means the investigation is continuing, before any affected parties can react.

Overgrow was one of my favorite sites on the net, this is a travesty!

https://smokedot.org/content/view/315/2/

I wonder if they are just assuming that or they have inside info about the confirmation of the siezed servers

02-05-2006, 02:00 PM

thats been there for two days
nothing new and we don't know if the cops have any info yet, latest word is RC was warned
but I don't know what actions he took apart form shutting down the site's

OP

rekiz · 02-05-2006, 02:04 PM

Thank's OP I did read that before just thought I would do a search on google news and I wasnt aware of any publication concerning the matter...I supose we cant rule anything out till someone gets to talk to RC...

KronickKanuck · 02-05-2006, 02:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oldpink

thats been there for two days
nothing new and we don't know if the cops have any info yet, latest word is RC was warned
but I don't know what actions he took apart form shutting down the site's

OP

I'm praying that there were removable drives, and that they made it out of the building before LEO showed up to pee all over everyones shoes....

02-05-2006, 01:18 PM	#1
ITA Banned Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: In a van down by the river Posts: 13	Pot-linked senator domain names ...Maybe this was the beginning of the end of OG this is an old story and prolly was posted before ..but it might have been what help set things off ...when US senators are tied into Marijuana websites its gonna roll some heads .. even if its not your fault... https://news.mywebpal.com/partners/70...ews513848.html More than 100 World Wide Web domains belonging to a group that linked Florida senators’ names to a marijuana seed seller were de-activated Thursday and Friday. The same group has attempted in the past to attach Florida congressmen to a political group promoting white rights. Friends of Chantal, an organization in Mossyrock, Wash., bought the names of a dozen Florida state senators in January as Internet domains names. Those domains were then linked to Overgrow.com, a World Wide Web site that sells marijuana seeds from Canada. The operators of 123cheapdomains.com, which sold rights to all of the domains to Friends of Chantal, said all of the domains are now inactive. “The owners of the marijuana site are the ones who contacted us,” said Johnny Li, 123cheapdomains.com spokesman. “Apparently he has received a lot of complaints in the last few days.” Li said Friends of Chantal had 111 domains connecting to the marijuana site. He would not release all of those domain names. All of those sites are inactive now and will not be used unless the organization can express a legitimate use for the sites. “We didn’t have anything to do with taking the domains down,” said Sarah Bascom, press secretary for state Senate president Jim King. “But we are pleased to know that the senators’ names are no longer associated with the site, and we are sure the senators are pleased as well.” After The Daily Commercial notified most of the senators that their names were connected to a marijuana sites, many expressed outrage. State Sen. Al Lawson, D-Tallahassee, called for a state investigation to find who was responsible for allawson.com connecting Internet users to Overgrow.com. When the marijuana site began receiving calls from Florida on the matter, it complained to the registrar of the site. Richard Calrisian, webmaster for Overgrow.com, told The Daily Commercial via e-mail that Friends of Chantal did not have permission to connect any domains to his Web site. All of the senator name domains were purchased Jan. 8 with a one-year reservation at a cost of $13.95. If registration is not renewed, Li said, the domains will be held for an additional 30 days before they are put up for sale widely. But this is not the first time Friends of Chantal has connected elected officials to a politically volatile issue. Four congressman from Florida, including local U.S. Rep. Ric Keller, R-Orlando, had their names purchased and connected to unpopular causes. Shirley Wooley, chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Porter Goss, R-Naples, said portergoss.com was linked to the official site for the National Association for the Advancement of White People. The U.S. House counsel office threatened legal action against Friends of Chantal then and all of the congressmen’s domains were taken down. “We never heard about it again,” Wooley said. Keller’s office said they were never too distracted by the matter. Press secretary Bryan Malenius said he has forgotten where rickeller.com sent users. But he does remember Friends of Chantal tried to sell the site for an outrageous amount in an extortion attempt. “We already have two Web sites already, the official House site and the campaign site kellerforcongress.com,” Malenius said, “So we never really thought twice about it. We certainly weren’t going to reward this behavior.” Neither Keller nor Goss have any interest in buying to domains once they become available, spokespeople said.

02-05-2006, 01:53 PM	#6
rekiz Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 52	Fck look at what I just found OVERGROW.COM BUSTED AND SERVER SEIZED I did not want to wake up to this headline on CannabisCulture this morning:Overgrow.com, Cannabisworld.com, Heaven's Stairway Seed Company, and Eurohemp.com Shut Down and Servers Seized by Canadian Police. Now it appears Heaven's Stairway Seeds (hempqc.com), Cannabisworld.com, Overgrow.com, Eurohemp.com have been shut down and the owners arrested in Canada; all their web properties seized, including the physical servers that held massive databases on thousands of growers, and tens of thousands of photographs of cannabis plants. Seed companies by the dozens used both Overgrow.com and Cannabisworld.com as a main trading ground. Over 40 seed companies had customer service interactive forums on these sites. All the information held on those servers is now in the hands of police. It is not known what charges have been laid nor against whom. That police have not boasted about this seizure means the investigation is continuing, before any affected parties can react. Overgrow was one of my favorite sites on the net, this is a travesty! https://smokedot.org/content/view/315/2/ Last edited by rekiz; 02-05-2006 at 01:55 PM..

02-05-2006, 01:37 PM	#2
ITA Banned Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: In a van down by the river Posts: 13	they say they werent to worried yeah right, just what OG did not need was some stupid fuck bringing attention to the website... awaking a sleeping giant is not too smart, bringing attention to Overgrow wasnt either..

02-05-2006, 01:42 PM	#3
Guest Guest Posts: n/a	this is old news and in the past the matter was dealt with at the time and resolved, it had nothing to do with OG some script kiddie thought it would be funny 12/19/03 By JACOB OGLES Daily Commercial Staff Writer Email this story to a friend

02-05-2006, 01:45 PM	#4
Nikijad4210 Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: I am here, are you there? Posts: 1,364	Speaking of giving OG attention, remember when that Utah newspaper did a story on OG and quoted LuckyLeaf as saying when growing outdoors it was better to grow in a field? lol

02-05-2006, 02:00 PM	#8
Guest Guest Posts: n/a	thats been there for two days nothing new and we don't know if the cops have any info yet, latest word is RC was warned but I don't know what actions he took apart form shutting down the site's OP

02-05-2006, 02:04 PM	#9
rekiz Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 52	Thank's OP I did read that before just thought I would do a search on google news and I wasnt aware of any publication concerning the matter...I supose we cant rule anything out till someone gets to talk to RC...