Fark.com hosts Crook Photoshop Contest

In a word, priceless.

Favorite comment so far: "Dude already looks like a friggin Dick Tracy villain. What more needs doin?

EFF Sues Michael Crook for Bogus DMCA Claims

The EFF has just filed suit against Craigslist copycat scammer Michael Crook for filing bogus DMCA claims. In September, a blog post about Michael Crook on 10 Zen Monkeys (which is run by Jeff Diehl) used a screen shot from Fox News of Michael Crook. Michael then send a DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) takedown notice to Jeff’s web host, claiming that he had a copyright on the image. Jeff’s web host then forced him to remove the image or his account would be suspended. Jeff then moved 10zenmonkeys.com to Laughing Squid Web Hosting (the web hosting company that we run). Within 24 hours, the data center was sent a DMCA claim from Michael Crook, requesting that the image be removed. They immediately contacted Jeff to discuss the situation, as well as Jason Schultz, an attorney at The Electronic Frontier Foundation. A few weeks later, EFF filed the complaint.

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Domain Registration Info

Here is the domain registration info from the whois database:

Registrant Name: Michael Crook
Registrant Organization: Unknown
Registrant Address1: 8417 Oswego Road #179
Registrant City: Baldwinsville
Registrant State/Province: New York
Registrant Postal Code: 13027
Registrant Country: United States

I wonder if Michael, whose real name may be Scott Vogel, realizes that registering a domain name using false contact information is illegal?

Michael Crook a/k/a Scott Vogel's Web Sites

Michael Crook a/k/a Scott Vogel, with his wife Laurie, operate the following web sites. he registers them anonymously, but he may have missed a few. A simple reverse IP lookup tells me what other HTML gems he has produced (or, in the least, these sites are hosted on his server):


1. forsakemichaelcrook.com
2. fuckmichaelcrook.com
3. michael-crook.com
4. michael-crook.info
5. michael-crook.net
6. michael-crook.org
7. michael-crook.us
8. michaelcrook.biz
9. michaelcrook.org
10. michaelcrook.us
11. michaelcrookblogs.com
12. michaelcrookblogs.info
13. michaelcrookonline.com
14. michaelcrookspeaks.info
15. michaelcrooksucks.com
16. michaelcrooktalks.info
17. mike-crook.com
18. mike-crook.info
19. mike-crook.net
20. mike-crook.org
21. mike-crook.us
22. mikecrook.info
23. mikecrook.us
24. mikevogel-delaney.com
25. silentmail.us
26. silentmike.us
27. slimeymike.info
28. whoismichaelcrook.info
29. silentmike.info
1. 5191victims.com
2. crimmigrants.com
3. crimmigrants.info
4. crimmigrants.net
5. crimmigrants.org
6. daniellebreman.com
7. denytheholocaust.com
8. mcipdns.com
9. mcipdns.info
10. whiteprideforever.com
11. whiteprideforever.info
12. theholocaustwasfake.com
13. racismworks.com
1. kaitlyncrook.com
2. mcomike.com
3. michaelcrook.com