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<font color=fa0000><b>please note: &nbsp; effective dec. 02, 2004, mind-brain.com will be forced to change its domain name

and switch servers due to legal challenges issued by the <a href=http://webapps.jhu.edu/jhuniverse/information_about_hopkins/about_jhu/principal_administrative_officers_and_deans/index.cfm><font color=a30000><b><u><big><big>johns hopkins university</u></b></big></big></font></a> over use of the 'mind-brain.com' domain.

additional information regarding the new domain name will be posted as soon as it becomes available. </b></font>

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I don't know all of the isues here. Can someone list the issues as requested above. What about the other founder members? How do they figure here. Could it be that due to their financial input Shawn cannot shut down or they might sue him. Maybe that could be his defence to delay the procedings until his PhD is completed. But I would like to know what his supervisor is doing about supporting him. I would fight to the death for my PhD students; indeed even undergraduate supervisees put under my charge. Unless PhD students know they can get that sort of support doing a PhD could be very risky (for a hundred different reasons). Is this the sort of standard of supervision at JH? Maybe the guy is Ok but if so then has Shawn asked for help?

Are there JH regulations that prevent students from doing anyhting like this that Shawn should have known about before starting up. How do JH figure in the running of the forum/site/URL etc. Is there a cost to them. Have there been complaints to them (eg are there any abusers of the forum - language, sex, flaming JH, etc, etc)? How high has the demand to quit come from? Vice Chancellor (or whatever at JH) or departmental, shareholders, political? Have any legal eagles from or behalf of JH been involved? Has Shawn taken any (of his own) legal advice at all? (About both the forum closure/name change and about his personal position that might be affected by this matter). I assume that the matter of ISP will have to change whatever???
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Unknown   Legal Challenges issued to Mind-Brain.com; Forced to Change Domain Name by Dec 02   Nov 04, 2004, 10:54 AM
Rick   I searched the johns hopkins site on the string ...   Nov 04, 2004, 11:00 AM
Unknown   No. I know the current owners of Mind-Brain.com c...   Nov 04, 2004, 11:12 AM
Robert the Bruce   My older brother is an expert in winning trade, co...   Nov 04, 2004, 11:13 AM
Unknown   The problem I think is that Shawn, the principal o...   Nov 04, 2004, 11:17 AM
Dan   doesn't Shawn own other mind-brain domains, li...   Nov 04, 2004, 11:21 AM
Unknown   Shhhhh!!!   Nov 04, 2004, 11:21 AM
Unknown   yes, i think so, but it's not really current...   Nov 04, 2004, 11:22 AM
Robert the Bruce   Then you would have a certain slam dunk - especial...   Nov 04, 2004, 11:23 AM
Unknown   RTB, are there precedents for the sort of action y...   Nov 04, 2004, 11:25 AM
Robert the Bruce   Absolutely. Prior use in the same area as this i...   Nov 04, 2004, 11:43 AM
Unknown   agreed   Nov 04, 2004, 12:58 PM
Unknown   'legal challenges'? Sounds more like ...   Nov 04, 2004, 01:01 PM
Unknown   All people who feel this is an injustice, as I do,...   Nov 04, 2004, 01:04 PM
Rick   Do not follow advice from an unknown. It may be a ...   Nov 04, 2004, 01:51 PM
Unknown   oftentimes people can speak freely only as Unknown...   Nov 04, 2004, 01:55 PM
Rick   People with something to hide, such as a lack of g...   Nov 04, 2004, 01:57 PM
Unknown   sometimes there are consequences for speaking thro...   Nov 04, 2004, 01:59 PM
Rick   Only way? A better way may be with a letter from...   Nov 04, 2004, 02:02 PM
Unknown   To be clear, Johns Hopkins does not have any legit...   Nov 04, 2004, 02:06 PM
Unknown   Only way? A better way may be with a letter from ...   Nov 04, 2004, 02:07 PM
Robert the Bruce   A letter from a lawyer might do the trick but cost...   Nov 04, 2004, 02:08 PM
Unknown   I know. Give in to their demands once and then...   Nov 04, 2004, 02:11 PM
Unknown   and regardless of whether this is an isolated inci...   Nov 04, 2004, 02:14 PM
Rick   The name recognition that has been built up on ...   Nov 04, 2004, 02:17 PM
Unknown   what sort of consequences? I'm just an Unkno...   Nov 04, 2004, 02:21 PM
Unknown   In fact, I think some of the major newspapers shou...   Nov 04, 2004, 02:26 PM
Rick   First, Hopkins might suspect, rightly or wrongly, ...   Nov 04, 2004, 02:27 PM
Unknown   Shawn is not the only person involved with this si...   Nov 04, 2004, 02:31 PM
Robert the Bruce   Rick is right. Do not go off half-cocked and expo...   Nov 04, 2004, 02:38 PM
Robert the Bruce   Rick is also right about the name having value - a...   Nov 04, 2004, 02:39 PM
Unknown   any good lawyers you can recommend, RTB? Btw, t...   Nov 04, 2004, 02:41 PM
Robert the Bruce   I have a call in to my brother and he may have a W...   Nov 04, 2004, 02:57 PM
Jasper   Srew Hopins: Ain't it just so typical some bra...   Nov 04, 2004, 03:07 PM
Unknown   Ha! I can see it now: Johns Hopkins Forcing...   Nov 04, 2004, 03:09 PM
Robert the Bruce   My brother says that internet usages are under tra...   Nov 04, 2004, 03:31 PM
Unknown   I checked it out. JHU doesn't have a register...   Nov 04, 2004, 03:58 PM
Robert the Bruce   Then they have nothing but bluff and your lawyer w...   Nov 04, 2004, 04:07 PM
John   if Johns Hopkins thinks they can win this one, the...   Nov 04, 2004, 04:29 PM
Unknown   How much will it cost to fight. Can we have a whip...   Nov 04, 2004, 04:47 PM
Unknown   Forgot... Maybe Shawn also has the problem that he...   Nov 04, 2004, 04:54 PM
Unknown   It may not be a financial issue unless the legal r...   Nov 04, 2004, 05:04 PM
Unknown   The simple fact of the matter is that the 'min...   Nov 04, 2004, 05:07 PM
Unknown   There is always the option of just saying 'scr...   Nov 04, 2004, 05:14 PM
Unknown   as RTB said, it might be best to get a lawyer for ...   Nov 04, 2004, 05:15 PM
Robert the Bruce   The 'other means' can be used anyway - and...   Nov 04, 2004, 05:16 PM
Dan   well, Shawn, it's really just a matter of how ...   Nov 04, 2004, 05:43 PM
Unknown   it makes you wonder how worthwhile such peers are ...   Nov 04, 2004, 05:47 PM
Unknown   btw, the link to the good ole folks at JHU who are...   Nov 04, 2004, 05:52 PM
Unknown   When will Shawn complete his graduate studies?   Nov 04, 2004, 06:03 PM
Unknown   His (PhD?) supervisor should be fighting for him a...   Nov 04, 2004, 06:05 PM
Unknown   Sorry, TAFKAHH submitted the last two posts.   Nov 04, 2004, 06:05 PM
Unknown   Shawn has a few more months of graduate work for h...   Nov 04, 2004, 06:34 PM
TAFKAHH   I don't know all of the isues here. Can someon...   Nov 04, 2004, 07:11 PM
Unknown   Shawn founded the site several years ago as his ow...   Nov 04, 2004, 07:37 PM
Dan   it's a gamble, all right. Maybe you can do ju...   Nov 04, 2004, 07:58 PM
Robert the Bruce   If Shawn chooses to appease ignorant Nazis and mak...   Nov 04, 2004, 08:06 PM
Dan   never! I've always been an agent of da m...   Nov 04, 2004, 08:13 PM
Tabitha   First, I want to thank every one for the support y...   Nov 04, 2004, 08:24 PM
Dan   aw, c'mon Tab. The realistic view just isn...   Nov 04, 2004, 08:33 PM
Tabitha   ;-) I know Dan. I am no fun at all lately, thoug...   Nov 04, 2004, 08:39 PM
Tabitha   Dan, no, no relation to JHU. I was told the name ...   Nov 04, 2004, 08:43 PM
Dan   no prob I've already tracked down this guy an...   Nov 04, 2004, 08:49 PM
Tabitha   *grin* Thanks, Dan. I appreciate your restraint ...   Nov 04, 2004, 08:52 PM
Robert the Bruce   Jealous over the success of this site - please. W...   Nov 04, 2004, 09:14 PM
Tabitha   I just wanted to take a moment and answer some of ...   Nov 04, 2004, 09:15 PM
Unknown   I don't think the poster meant that JHU was ...   Nov 04, 2004, 09:18 PM
Tabitha   I will also add, just to clarify, that JHU is not ...   Nov 04, 2004, 09:26 PM
TAFKAHH   Sorry, please can you clarify. Who owns www.mind-b...   Nov 05, 2004, 07:23 AM
Tabitha   Tafkahh; At the moment *I* am the legal registran...   Nov 05, 2004, 08:39 AM
Shawn   It's good to have an open discussion about the...   Nov 05, 2004, 08:41 AM
Rick   Having thought about this overnight now, it occurs...   Nov 05, 2004, 08:47 AM
Unknown   yeah, mind-brain rules!   Nov 05, 2004, 08:55 AM
Tabitha   Please continue to use this thread for venting and...   Nov 05, 2004, 09:23 AM
Jasper666   Dear whomever is so phucken irresponsible for remo...   Nov 05, 2004, 01:25 PM
Tabitha   Jasper, what are you talking about? I edited a po...   Nov 05, 2004, 02:32 PM
Unknown   Did the idea for the mind-brain.com domain name co...   Nov 09, 2004, 06:30 AM
Shawn   It's impossible to rule out the possibility t...   Nov 09, 2004, 09:05 AM
Dan   apparently you are a liar, RTB   Nov 14, 2004, 01:37 AM
Robert the Bruce   Dear Dan Good research - see when you put your mi...   Nov 14, 2004, 08:15 AM
Unknown   RTB, why would Shawn need to get JHU's appro...   Nov 14, 2004, 08:26 AM
Unknown   This whole thread is really a moot topic anyway si...   Nov 14, 2004, 08:33 AM
Robert the Bruce   It is a matter of building trade name recognition....   Nov 14, 2004, 09:50 AM
Enki   Who is from the The Mind-Brain Institute on this f...   Nov 14, 2004, 10:08 AM
Unknown #807   The site administrator and owner Shawn, is studyin...   Nov 14, 2004, 10:25 AM
Enki   So I wonder what they want of Shawn? He created a...   Nov 14, 2004, 10:35 AM
Unknown #6964   RTB, how many people do you think are confused? ...   Nov 14, 2004, 10:35 AM
Robert the Bruce   Any person who sees Shawn is with the Mind-Brain I...   Nov 14, 2004, 10:41 AM
Unknown #6964   I'll grant that they built trade name recogn...   Nov 14, 2004, 10:44 AM
Unknown #6964   Where on this site does it say anything about Sh...   Nov 14, 2004, 10:47 AM
Unknown #6964   I think this will all work out for the better. ...   Nov 14, 2004, 10:52 AM
Unknown #664   I think it says a lot that this site was a big eno...   Nov 14, 2004, 11:06 AM
Enki   If Shawn is of the same opinion, then it is not ...   Nov 14, 2004, 11:16 AM
Robert the Bruce   Ignorance is Bliss Shawn created the problem by r...   Nov 14, 2004, 01:59 PM
Unknown #6964   RTB, you've failed to show that Shawn ripped...   Nov 14, 2004, 02:13 PM
Enki   First of all when you quote others’ words ...   Nov 14, 2004, 06:11 PM
Unknown #6964   maybe JHU is trying to benefit off of the web popu...   Nov 14, 2004, 06:44 PM
Enki   Exactly!   Nov 14, 2004, 07:00 PM
MC   Is this discussion board not a contradiction of th...   Jan 25, 2005, 08:24 PM
Shawn   Good point, MC. There's little point in focus...   Feb 06, 2005, 06:19 PM
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