spreading the word

I honestly had no idea that Oleg Volk founded The High Road forums, but that gunny-ignorance is only outshined by the fact that I do not really frequent those forums… at all. Ignorance or not, and visitor or not, however, I have nothing against supporting him in his current predicament:

In December 2002, I founded The High Road forum dedicated to the advancement of responsible gun ownership. Recently, it was discovered that in 2006, the volunteer forum systems administrator, Derek Zeanah of Statesboro, Georgia, changed domain registration to himself. After he was confronted, Derek locked out all other staff from accessing the Web server administration and would not share even backup copies of its content. After failed attempts to peacefully resolve the dispute, it has become necessary for me to initiate a lawsuit against Derek Zeanah for the return of thehighroad.org domain name and the forum database.

I am seeking and would greatly appreciate donations to help with the cost of litigation. You can use Paypal (olegvolk (at) gmail.com) or send a check to:

Oleg Volk
3112 Chambley Ct
Hermitage, TN 37076

All donations shall be returned if the lawsuit is ultimately avoided. You can also aid me by re-posting this appeal on your blog, forum or web site. My legal position is already endorsed by almost all of The High Road staff as well as Rich Lucibella, the founder of The Firing Lineforum.

Not knowing the situation at all really, and not being privy to its finer details, I honestly should not comment much. But speaking as a website administrator, reappropriating a website’s registration to yourself, when you do not intellectually or legally own the content on it… yeah, that seems pretty damned shady – and apparently illegal to boot.
Don Gwinn has some more, but I will be buggered if I understand what it means.
*settles in to wait with the rest of the peanut gallery*