{"id":11033,"date":"2013-02-02T09:50:12","date_gmt":"2013-02-02T15:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sequenceinc.com\/fraudfiles\/?p=11033"},"modified":"2013-03-06T08:47:19","modified_gmt":"2013-03-06T14:47:19","slug":"marc-randazza-takes-back-his-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sequenceinc.com\/fraudfiles\/marc-randazza-takes-back-his-name\/","title":{"rendered":"mArc RaNdaZza tAkeS bACk His NAmE"},"content":{"rendered":"

First Amendment lawyer Marc Randazza is amazing<\/a>. He is truly a “First Amendment Badass.”\u00a0 Last year, he had an unfortunate incident occur, which proves that no good deed goes unpunished. Marc Randazza briefly agreed to represent “investigative blogger” Crystal Cox<\/a> in an appeal of the lawsuit against her for defamation of Kevin Padrick and Obsidian Finance.<\/a><\/p>\n

The problem was that the judge declared that Crystal Cox is not a journalist.<\/a> First amendment lawyers worried about the effects that decision might have on other bloggers, who might be journalists. Crystal Cox is not a journalist, but is<\/strong> an extortionist<\/a>. Still, Marc worried about whether this decision could have unintended consequences.<\/p>\n

He briefly agreed to represent Crystal Cox, then she changed her mind, got angry with Marc, and decided to register a bunch of domain names using Marc Randazza’s name<\/a>. Then she\u00a0 offered Randazza “reputation management services” (i.e. pay me a monthly fee, or else).\u00a0 <\/a>When he did not agree to pay her, Cox began posting defamatory content about him on multiple websites. This isn’t the first time<\/a> Cox has done this, and the rest of the world recognizes this as extortion<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Crystal Cox didn’t only lash out at Marc Randazza. She lashed out at his wife and their three year old daughter<\/a>. Randazza and his family took Cox to court, alleging cyberpiracy and cybersquatting<\/a>, among other things. In the meantime, a\u00a0 list of domain names containing Marc Randazza’s name and registered by Crystal Cox were turned over to Marc Randazza<\/a> pursuant to an arbitration decision by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The WIPO decision<\/a> stated that the domain names were registered and used in bad faith by Cox, who was attempting to extort Randazza<\/a> and confuse\u00a0 consumers.<\/p>\n

Marc Randazza filed for a temporary restraining order in his federal lawsuit against investigative blogger Crystal Cox, asking that several more domain names be turned over to him<\/a>. The temporary restraining order was granted<\/a>, and the following domain names were turned over to Marc Randazza:<\/p>\n