[Hidden-tech] Information on Gaia Host - Has anyone taken them to court?

[joanna campe]

Hi Sam,

Thank you for the suggestions! I am immediately passing this on to my IT
team to see what could be done.

I have already registered a new domain name with Dreamhost this afternoon.
I had already set up an account with them thinking I wouldn't have a
problem migrating my website and then realizing what had happened and that
I was not able to get the authorization code at that time. I am trying to
move everything along because it seemed like I am going to have to clone
the website. So I'm waiting for Dreamhost to get back to me and  then I
will need to pursue getting my domain back.

I would be very happy to know about any other's experience with legally
trying to wrest domain ownership back. I was thinking of going to Small
Claims Court. Would I need to do a class action suit? We have a very modest
budget, and this sounds  expensive and time-consuming. Nevertheless, I
don't want to lose my domain.

I registered my domain with them because I wanted to support a local co-op
in the community and that was decades ago. Because  they do not host me, I
did not realize what was going on until recently.

My best,

Joanna


Joanna Campe
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152 South Street
Northampton, MA 01060 USA

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On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 4:20 PM Sam McClellan via Hidden-discuss <
hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> wrote:

> Hi Joanna!
>
> We tried to help with retrieving another Gaia victim's domain but theirs
> was not in their name so they had no recourse. As long as your domain isn't
> private, you can see the owner and admin email by entering the domain here:
>
> https://www.internic.net/whois.html
>
> If you are the domain owner, you should ultimately be able to get the
> domain back but it may take some time. Gaia is a top level registrar, right
> under ICANN, so you could try contacting them.
>
> https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/customer-support-2015-06-22-en
>
> It would probably be a good idea for someone to organize a class action
> suit, then you'd have more leverage with ICANN.
>
> This will probably take time so I do think you should register a new
> domain. We offer domain names for $12.95/year.
>
> As far as the website, if it's an HTML site or a WordPress site with admin
> access, we should be able to retrieve it without having access to the Gaia
> control panel, and we'd be happy to host you for free for the first three
> months.
>
> Best,
> Sam
> --
> Sam McClellan
> Itabix, Inc
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> On 11/15/2019 1:38 PM, joanna campe via Hidden-discuss wrote:
>
> Dear Community,
>
> I have just joined this list serve to see if I can get more information on
> Gaia Host. We are not able to change the plan of our website or migrate it
> without an authorization code and we have not been able to get the domains
> transferred either.
>
> I have been advised by my hosting service that in order to be able to
> transfer the domain successfully, I need to take them to court. Has anyone
> in the community done that so far and with what success?
>
> I have been told that I have two choices: take Gaia Host to court (small
> claims court?) or to create a new domain and clone the website until the
> issue can be resolved. Both of these are time consuming and meanwhile I
> have put off my fundraising campaign until the performance of the website
> can be improved by migrating it to a new plan.
>
> I appreciate advice on this.
>
> My best,
> Joanna
>
>
> Joanna Campe
> Executive Director
> Remineralize the Earth
> 152 South Street
> Northampton, MA 01060 USA
>
> Tel: 413-563-9938
> Skype: reminearth
> Email: jcampe at remineralize.org
> http://www.remineralize.org
>
>
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> Sequestration, and Reversing CO2 Increase
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