From: Received: from qmta04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.40] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5486482 for ae-list@media-motion.tv; Wed, 28 May 2014 00:25:43 +0200 Received: from omta20.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.87]) by qmta04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 75lR1o0031smiN4A4ARixy; Tue, 27 May 2014 22:25:42 +0000 Received: from resmail-po-247v.sys.comcast.net ([162.150.177.2]) by omta20.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 7ARh1o00N03VDaS8gARhLY; Tue, 27 May 2014 22:25:42 +0000 Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 22:25:41 +0000 (UTC) To: "Mail, After" Message-ID: <1486808146.13889151.1401229541266.JavaMail.root@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: References: Subject: Re: [AE] new email address, steveoakley.net domain being held hostage MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_13889150_74580221.1401229541265" X-Originating-IP: [::ffff:107.1.199.10] X-Mailer: Zimbra 8.0.3_GA_5664 (ZimbraWebClient - SAF5.1 (Mac)/8.0.3_GA_5664) Thread-Topic: new email address, steveoakley.net domain being held hostage Thread-Index: lIa3mt9pZpHIyU/1jz9fI1vpEpD6fg== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=comcast.net; s=q20140121; t=1401229542; bh=+xyt/mAfMugxjBlHr6pBa8DFIt1LY1eDQn0r+zGIVFw=; h=Received:Received:Date:From:To:Message-ID:Subject:MIME-Version: Content-Type; b=lCpPQyY4qoO149nPEhOx12gcfRThBcNmu38hNN8iVAGhzef9FSy+tQoQORbSIUxF/ LVAVSX7YQFRV6wDtPFg713QwS+QGDztx7FRzLXsR5LEoeqhKW/UkIkE9zkP50a4ciK ev2obj/UhM1prIPHK40poqzTcKKPdNNnFJvZNc9fKYTOoXRuLJZiaEufhu8Z+DqZq3 fOuhSfsdLCfGINh/mKzVOeemwfxXWxlXY1xXKp+YA4t8Td8PebZr/yaejhCT9y5G+D ShNBVS5F8hi3APyTlUoAx0IkacTHBaboxU6fpkpRxVFKyV9BSP7Cug3Tv5768r+WxH Pj4wF5GGLFeeQ== ------=_Part_13889150_74580221.1401229541265 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable just checked your webside at practicalilliosions.com (because I'm nosy) and= I noticed that your "home" link goes to the old domain=20 timt=20 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mail, After" =20 To: "Mail, After" =20 Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 2:24:39 PM=20 Subject: [AE] new email address, steveoakley.net domain being held hostage= =20 If any of you have sent me email to my 12 year old email address steveo@pra= cticali.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@pr= acticalillusions.com and remove the old one.=20 now let me explain why and whats going on :=20 my ex business partner ( whom you may of met @ MMB ) went and registered so= me 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. Initial= ly those changes where simply to cut office expenses nearly in 1/2 which wa= s good.=20 Eventually a few months ago it became apparent that the best thing to do wa= s to part company. I did the office move out for many reasons including per= haps 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 doin= g quality work. It was also a reflection of the very changing nature of whe= re my work is going, quite literally all over the state. Its lots of locati= on work doing shooting / sound / lighting. editing clients were all working= remotely with web previews / FTP / webex / iChat ect and just not coming i= nto the office. why should they when there are more convenient ways of work= ing ? Needless to say my "ex" didn't take things so well, especially over t= he 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 proper= ly breaking my part of the lease, paid a penalty, I was out on time , new t= enant took my space the next day, and we are all ok.=20 At this point my domains are being held hostage by him. I was hoping they w= ould be transferred over to me in the last week or so, but that has not hap= pened. this was just part of some things to finish up to be clear of each o= ther. these were pretty simple / easy things. I took care of everything I n= eeded 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.= =20 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 n= ext day or two and get things right, we'll see.=20 Why post my "dirty laundry" publicly ?=20 my own person self preservation first off all - if any one got some weird e= mail from my old email account over the last 2 weeks, it really _wasn't_ me= !=20 second my reputation which I value the most. I hate rumors and wanted to di= spel any that might of been floating out there.=20 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 nam= e, backup email accounts ( I had 2 which are secure ) and not allow busines= s situations / arrangements that can bite you in the end. a business contin= uity plan should also be in place to cover those major what-if situations.= =20 --------=20 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.=20 I don't wish my 'ex' ill will but that he learn from this to be a better pe= rson better able to handle situations that aren't always easy with grace an= d respect.=20 S=20 ------=_Part_13889150_74580221.1401229541265 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
just checked your webside at practical= illiosions.com (because I'm nosy) and I noticed that your "home" link goes = to the old domain

timt

From: "Ma= il, After" <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
To: "Mail, After" <= AE-List@media-motion.tv>
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 2:24:39 P= M
Subject: [AE] new email address, steveoakley.net domain being h= eld hostage

If any of you have sent me email to my 1= 2 year old email address steveo@practicali.c= om 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 a= nd 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 wishe= s as a "favor" a couple years ago. It was all well and good while things wh= ere running ok. for many years they where ok. about six months ago when I d= ecided 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 wa= s to part company. I did the office move out for many reasons including per= haps 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 o= r 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 w= orking remotely with web previews / FTP / webex / iChat ect and just not co= ming into the office. why should they when there are more convenient ways o= f working ?  Needless to say my "ex" didn't take things so well, espec= ially 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 o= n that right up until I finally told him. I did in fact do right by the lan= dlord 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 hop= ing they would be transferred over to me in the last week or so, but that h= as 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 o= f 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 divorc= e went easy, we ( my ex wife ) are even on good speaking terms. Not so here= unfortunately.

I have several options, none of the= m 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 proces= s 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 = ? 

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

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

third as a remin= der that even the best of intentions may go bad. you should always, no matt= er 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 / a= rrangements that can bite you in the end. a business continuity plan should= also be in place to cover those major what-if situations.

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

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


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