From: "Steve Oakley" <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
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Subject: new email address, steveoakley.net domain being held hostage
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Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 16:24:39 -0500
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If any of you have sent me email to my 12 year old email address =
steveo@practicali.com over the last 2 weeks, I never got it. I nearly =
missed a day of work this week over the problem. please use my new email =
address steveo@practicalillusions.com and remove the old one.

now let me explain why and whats going on :

my ex business partner ( whom you may of met @ MMB ) went and registered =
some of my domains against my wishes as a "favor" a couple years ago. It =
was all well and good while things where running ok. for many years they =
where ok. about six months ago when I decided some changes had to =
happen. Initially those changes where simply to cut office expenses =
nearly in 1/2 which was good.

Eventually a few months ago it became apparent that the best thing to do =
was to part company. I did the office move out for many reasons =
including perhaps the most basic : it was costing me money,  not making =
me money ! never mind the office environment simply wasn't good for my =
mental health or doing quality work. It was also a reflection of the =
very changing nature of where my work is going, quite literally all over =
the state. Its lots of location work doing shooting / sound / lighting. =
editing clients were all working remotely with web previews / FTP / =
webex / iChat ect and just not coming into the office. why should they =
when there are more convenient ways of working ?  Needless to say my =
"ex" didn't take things so well, especially over the last month or so =
when I moved out of the office and decided I no longer wanted to work a =
business together. I had been back and forth on that right up until I =
finally told him. I did in fact do right by the landlord properly =
breaking my part of the lease, paid a penalty, I was out on time , new =
tenant took my space the next day, and we are all ok.

At this point my domains are being held hostage by him. I was hoping =
they would be transferred over to me in the last week or so, but that =
has not happened. this was just part of some things to finish up to be =
clear of each other. these were pretty simple / easy things.  I took =
care of everything I needed to, but he has failed to take care of his =
end. I have handled this on a most professional, mature, legal, =
financial, personally responsible way for all parties involved. he =
simply has not. my real divorce went easy, we ( my ex wife ) are even on =
good speaking terms. Not so here unfortunately.

I have several options, none of them fast or cheap to get back my =
domains. Yes eventually I can recover those costs but it could turn into =
a 1-2 year process. I'm hoping that one process I've started will come =
thru over the next day or two and get things right, we'll see.

Why post my "dirty laundry" publicly ?=20

my own person self preservation first off all - if any one got some =
weird email from my old email account over the last 2 weeks, it really =
_wasn't_ me !

second my reputation which I value the most. I hate rumors and wanted to =
dispel any that might of been floating out there.

third as a reminder that even the best of intentions may go bad. you =
should always, no matter what, have a CYA plan in place... like backup =
domain name, backup email accounts ( I had 2 which are secure ) and not =
allow business situations / arrangements that can bite you in the end. a =
business continuity plan should also be in place to cover those major =
what-if situations.

--------

I'm truly not interested anything except getting my domains back, having =
my content removed from a site he controls and having this over with =
ASAP.

I don't wish my 'ex' ill will but that he learn from this to be a better =
person better able to handle situations that aren't always easy with =
grace and respect.=20


S


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charset=3Dus-ascii"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: =
after-white-space;"><div>If any of you have sent me email to my 12 year =
old email address <a =
href=3D"mailto:steveo@practicali.com">steveo@practicali.com</a> over the =
last 2 weeks, I never got it. I nearly missed a day of work this week =
over the problem. please use my new email address <b><a =
href=3D"mailto:steveo@practicalillusions.com">steveo@practicalillusions.co=
m</a></b> and remove the old one.</div><div><br></div><div>now let me =
explain why and whats going on :</div><div><br></div><div>my ex business =
partner ( whom you may of met @ MMB ) went and registered some of my =
domains against my wishes as a "favor" a couple years ago. It was all =
well and good while things where running ok. for many years they where =
ok. about six months ago when I decided some changes had to happen. =
Initially those changes where simply to cut office expenses nearly in =
1/2 which was good.</div><div><br></div><div>Eventually a few months ago =
it became apparent that the best thing to do was to part company. I did =
the office move out for many reasons including perhaps the most basic : =
it was costing me money, &nbsp;not making me money ! never mind the =
office environment simply wasn't good for my mental health or doing =
quality work. It was also a reflection of the very changing nature of =
where my work is going, quite literally all over the state. Its lots of =
location work doing shooting / sound / lighting. editing clients were =
all working remotely with web previews / FTP / webex / iChat ect and =
just not coming into the office. why should they when there are more =
convenient ways of working ? &nbsp;Needless to say my "ex" didn't take =
things so well, especially over the last month or so when I moved out of =
the office and decided I no longer wanted to work a business together. I =
had been back and forth on that right up until I finally told him. I did =
in fact do right by the landlord properly breaking my part of the lease, =
paid a penalty, I was out on time , new tenant took my space the next =
day, and we are all ok.</div><div><br></div>At this point my domains are =
being held hostage by him. I was hoping they would be transferred over =
to me in the last week or so, but that has not happened. this was just =
part of some things to finish up to be clear of each other. these were =
pretty simple / easy things. &nbsp;I took care of everything I needed =
to, but he has failed to take care of his end. I have handled this on a =
most professional, mature, legal, financial, personally responsible way =
for all parties involved. he simply has not. my real divorce went easy, =
we ( my ex wife ) are even on good speaking terms. Not so here =
unfortunately.<div><br></div><div><div>I have several options, none of =
them fast or cheap to get back my domains. Yes eventually I can recover =
those costs but it could turn into a 1-2 year process. I'm hoping that =
one process I've started will come thru over the next day or two and get =
things right, we'll see.</div><div><br></div><div>Why post my "dirty =
laundry" publicly ?&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>my own person self =
preservation first off all - if any one got some weird email from my old =
email account over the last 2 weeks, it really _wasn't_ me =
!</div><div><br></div><div>second my reputation which I value the most. =
I hate rumors and wanted to dispel any that might of been floating out =
there.</div><div><br></div><div>third as a reminder that even the best =
of intentions may go bad. you should always, no matter what, have a CYA =
plan in place... like backup domain name, backup email accounts ( I had =
2 which are secure ) and not allow business situations / arrangements =
that can bite you in the end. a business continuity plan should also be =
in place to cover those major what-if =
situations.</div><div><br></div><div>--------</div><div><br></div><div>I'm=
 truly not interested anything except getting my domains back, having my =
content removed from a site he controls and having this over with =
ASAP.</div><div><br></div><div>I don't wish my 'ex' ill will but that he =
learn from this to be a better person better able to handle situations =
that aren't always easy with grace and =
respect.&nbsp;</div><div><div><br></div><div><div><br></div><div>S</div></=
div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><br></div><div><br=
></div></div></body></html>=

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