Web stalker has purchased a domain name that uses my personal name, web page is defamatory [closed]

Posted by Deborah Morse-Kahn on Pro Webmasters See other posts from Pro Webmasters or by Deborah Morse-Kahn
Published on 2012-03-15T03:30:14Z Indexed on 2012/03/21 11:39 UTC
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We have been unsuccessful in persuading a stalker's website host to release the domain name he purchased which is my own personal name, e.g., PERSONALNAME.com. You will find my name below in the signature area. Look for yourself.

On the one page that this domain name leades to is dreadful and defamatory material. No attorney has felt it worth their time to chase this issue down, and we cannot afford to go to a national or international dispute resolution group to bring this issue to WHOIS.

Worse, the stalker is amoral and a psychopath: he would just love the attention. We've even consider trying to find someone to illegally hack into the webpage to at least redirect the domain pointers to my own professional website.

This issue has continued now for two years and is affecting my professional reputations as potential clients have looked for me online.

Is there any remedy? Your help and advice would be greatly welcomed.

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