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From voteauction@ubermorgen03.ubermorgen.com Mon Feb 12 15:05:50 2001 +0100 Return-Path: Delivered-To: voteauction@mail.ubermorgen.com Received: (qmail 87050 invoked by alias); 7 Nov 2000 03:59:02 -0000 Delivered-To: PR@mail.ubermorgen.com Received: (qmail 87047 invoked from network); 7 Nov 2000 03:59:01 -0000 Received: from 212186130182.15.vie.surfer.at (HELO ubermorgen04.ubermorgen.com) (root@212.186.130.182) by mail.ubermorgen.com with SMTP; 7 Nov 2000 03:59:01 -0000 Received: from [192.168.0.12] (ubermorgen12.ubermorgen.com [192.168.0.12]) by ubermorgen04.ubermorgen.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id FAA11944; Tue, 7 Nov 2000 05:00:20 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from PR@[62.116.31.68]) X-Sender: voteauction@mail.ubermorgen.com (Unverified) Message-Id: Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 04:58:32 +0100 To: PR@[62.116.31.68] From: "PR [V]ote-auction.com" Subject: [V]ote-auction announces END-RESULTS :: PRESS-RELEASE Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -------------------------------------------------------- [V]ote-auction announces END-RESULTS of GRAND AUCTION -------------------------------------------------------- Vienna/Berlin, November 7th, 2000, 5am CET Below is the latest press release by [V]ote-auction: http://62.116.31.68 http://www.voteauction.de / realname: voteauction [formerly Vote-auction.com and Voteauction.com]. You can also find this press release at http://62.116.31.68/pr.htm For any further information feel free to contact pr@[62.116.31.68] or in urgent cases call our ubermorgen.com hotlines: berlin +49-175-2066954 vienna +43 676 9300061 ------------------------------------------------------- It's different because it's fundamentally different: [V]ote-auction http://62.116.31.68 ------------------------------------------------------- [V] Intro [V]ote-auction, the election industry leader, is proud to annnounce the end-results of the grand - or, perhaps more accurately, notorious - [V]ote-auction GAME. Many participants acted as if they had actually considered it a real business; in fact, it was indeed a real-life game for voters who finally had found a way to think about what their vote is worth on the free market; and to themselves. For us, the operators, it turned out to be less of a action- service and more of a legal rollercoaster. [V] Game? Street Theatre? Comic? Business? Lots has been said about how to distinguish between a real business and a cartoon in a sunday newspaper: http://www.cnn.com/video/burden/2000/10/24/show.rm80.ram Most of these nice sayings are true for the offline world - but on the net, things are different. Whether or not one likes it, the net is NOT a commercial playground a priori. It is an open space for ANY communication needs between any people. If you think it is hard to know for sure if our site was a game or a business, well, then that's a good lesson you have learned. Try any web-site and try to check out if they are for "real", here a small test-environment: http://yesrudy.com http://gatt.org http://rtmark.com/gwbush/ http://www.fpo.at http://www.microsoft.com There is no last page with cartoons on the net. That is why it is called an interlinked system and not a book. You'd better learn the differenciate now! If not, you might fall for a real prank one day! [V] Who is suing whom? legal platform coming soon: http://www.ipnic.org < the nic is the content is the user is the net > Here an excerpt of the current situation: . Massachussetts is suing vote-auction and our providers reason: "selling votes" status: injunction order . Missouri is suing vote-auction and our providers reason: "false promises to consumers" status: injunction order . Chicago Board of Elections is suing vote-auction and our providers reason: "selling and buying of votes" status: injunction order . Various "investigations" by Attorney Generals reason: diverse status: unknown . [V]ote-auction is suing CORE in switzerland reason: breach of contract, damages, denial of service status: preparation It seems that we are witnessing the birth of a new sub-genre of action-art: DIGITAL LEGAL ART. appearantly it is even not so much the end-user in front of the terminal to whom we appeal most, but the people in U.S. legal offices... very sexy! Nevertheless, we are sure that the cases will be dropped, as it will be obvious, even to the legal folk, that there are people out there buying and selling votes - but that it is not us. We just gave you the showcase. The real dealers do their businesses quite openly in Washington. Vive la difference! [V] Campaigning for our rights We would like to thank our partners for giving us the support we need and enjoy. To those who despise us: Thank you also! We regard negative and positive feedback alike as active support and intelligent modes of communication. To those who think that we have now given up: Come on! We have all had our fun. Now, let's face reality. The net is, at the time, NOT a free place. It is directly and indirectly controlled by U.S. courts of all names. The root zone is basically owned by the U.S. Ministry of Commerce [well, then maybe the Chicago Board of Elections should have sued the Ministry of Commerce]. If they decide to halt the internet tomorrow, then it is Nike time - they just do it! Cynical? No. Realistic. Or should ICANN bring Capitalism and DemoCRAZY closer together? Or maybe even CORE? So... if you dont get help from us, please get help somewhere! [V] What is new on the Site We have opened our site and data to the public, so everyone can see for him or herself what is happening. Feel free to access the user database - and do not be surprised to find no personal data. Asking for data at the frontdesk does not necessarily imply storing it in the backoffice... What you can find is the socio-demographics of everybody who dared to play [V]ote-auction. If you ask yourself if the numbers are real - that is an intelligent question - but has never been answered on the net. Neither can we answer it. You will have to be quick to access the site - we will put it into real legal context by November 8th. When the game is over, the players have to go home! [V] Statistics [Nov. 7th 2000, 3am CET] [] polls International poll: National poll: 63.3% gore 45.0% gore 14.3% bush 44.1% bush 22.4% nader 10.9% nader Vote-auction legal or illegal: 75.3% legal 09.4% illegal 15.3% dont know Would you rather go voting if you got paied for it: 70.0% yes 30.0% no [] Global media quick-stats Topic: numbers % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Mailingslists/newsgroups: 13,765 articles 75% Online-magazines: 898 articles 19% Print-magazines: 258 articles 03% Print-newspapers: 812 articles 24% TV-segments: 147 reports 03% Radio-segments: 231 reports 05% - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Press-archive under: http://62.116.31.68/news.htm [] Supporter quick-stats - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Emails received in the last 9 days 2451 Support sites 213 Attorneys offering their services 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- [] Legal quick-stats - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Civil-lawsuits filed against [V]ote-auction and related individuals and companies 18 General Attorney investigations running 15 Lawsuits by vote-auction against corenic.org 01 Legal documents received by postal services or via Fax [approx. 250 pounds] 112 kg - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- [V] Credits James Baumgartner ubermorgen.com RTMark.com SILVER SERVER / sil.at enemy.org joker.com hell.com thinkfactory.de pixelmassaker.com cnn.com etoyACTION.com ACLU.org For a list of support web-sites http://62.116.31.68/news.htm#support [V] Final note We wish all 3 candidates the best of luck for Election Day, and may the guy with the best looks - oops, sorry, the best ideas and intentions - win. Goodbye to you, you have been a great audience! For the Vote-auction team lizvlx hans_extrem the-woman-behind the-guy-who-gets-sued [V]ote-auction “To be or not to be! Just do it!" PLEASE NOTE: If you want to access Vote-auction via web or mail, please be sure to use the correct domain: pr@[62.116.31.68] http://62.116.31.68 We will not be able to receive messages sent to any of the old addresses. Thank you. [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] [] [] [] [V]ote-auction [] [] [] [] pr@[62.116.31.68] [] [] [] [] The Election Industry Leader - Bringing [] [] Capitalism & Democracy closer together [] [] [] [] _brought to you by ubermorgen.com [] [] [] [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] From voteauction@ubermorgen03.ubermorgen.com Mon Feb 12 15:05:51 2001 +0100 Return-Path: Delivered-To: voteauction@mail.ubermorgen.com Received: (qmail 87068 invoked by alias); 7 Nov 2000 03:59:47 -0000 Delivered-To: pr@vote-auction.com Received: (qmail 87065 invoked from network); 7 Nov 2000 03:59:46 -0000 Received: from 212186130182.15.vie.surfer.at (HELO ubermorgen04.ubermorgen.com) (root@212.186.130.182) by mail.ubermorgen.com with SMTP; 7 Nov 2000 03:59:46 -0000 Received: from [192.168.0.12] (ubermorgen12.ubermorgen.com [192.168.0.12]) by ubermorgen04.ubermorgen.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id EAA11917; Tue, 7 Nov 2000 04:58:41 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from PR@[62.116.31.68]) X-Sender: voteauction@mail.ubermorgen.com (Unverified) Message-Id: Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 04:56:51 +0100 To: PR@[62.116.31.68] From: "PR [V]ote-auction.com" Subject: [V]ote-auction announces END-RESULTS :: PRESS-RELEASE Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -------------------------------------------------------- [V]ote-auction announces END-RESULTS of GRAND AUCTION -------------------------------------------------------- Vienna/Berlin, November 7th, 2000, 5am CET Below is the latest press release by [V]ote-auction: http://62.116.31.68 http://www.voteauction.de / realname: voteauction [formerly Vote-auction.com and Voteauction.com]. You can also find this press release at http://62.116.31.68/pr.htm For any further information feel free to contact pr@[62.116.31.68] or in urgent cases call our ubermorgen.com hotlines: berlin +49-175-2066954 vienna +43 676 9300061 ------------------------------------------------------- It's different because it's fundamentally different: [V]ote-auction http://62.116.31.68 ------------------------------------------------------- [V] Intro [V]ote-auction, the election industry leader, is proud to annnounce the end-results of the grand - or, perhaps more accurately, notorious - [V]ote-auction GAME. Many participants acted as if they had actually considered it a real business; in fact, it was indeed a real-life game for voters who finally had found a way to think about what their vote is worth on the free market; and to themselves. For us, the operators, it turned out to be less of a action- service and more of a legal rollercoaster. [V] Game? Street Theatre? Comic? Business? Lots has been said about how to distinguish between a real business and a cartoon in a sunday newspaper: http://www.cnn.com/video/burden/2000/10/24/show.rm80.ram Most of these nice sayings are true for the offline world - but on the net, things are different. Whether or not one likes it, the net is NOT a commercial playground a priori. It is an open space for ANY communication needs between any people. If you think it is hard to know for sure if our site was a game or a business, well, then that's a good lesson you have learned. Try any web-site and try to check out if they are for "real", here a small test-environment: http://yesrudy.com http://gatt.org http://rtmark.com/gwbush/ http://www.fpo.at http://www.microsoft.com There is no last page with cartoons on the net. That is why it is called an interlinked system and not a book. You'd better learn the differenciate now! If not, you might fall for a real prank one day! [V] Who is suing whom? legal platform coming soon: http://www.ipnic.org < the nic is the content is the user is the net > Here an excerpt of the current situation: . Massachussetts is suing vote-auction and our providers reason: "selling votes" status: injunction order . Missouri is suing vote-auction and our providers reason: "false promises to consumers" status: injunction order . Chicago Board of Elections is suing vote-auction and our providers reason: "selling and buying of votes" status: injunction order . Various "investigations" by Attorney Generals reason: diverse status: unknown . [V]ote-auction is suing CORE in switzerland reason: breach of contract, damages, denial of service status: preparation It seems that we are witnessing the birth of a new sub-genre of action-art: DIGITAL LEGAL ART. appearantly it is even not so much the end-user in front of the terminal to whom we appeal most, but the people in U.S. legal offices... very sexy! Nevertheless, we are sure that the cases will be dropped, as it will be obvious, even to the legal folk, that there are people out there buying and selling votes - but that it is not us. We just gave you the showcase. The real dealers do their businesses quite openly in Washington. Vive la difference! [V] Campaigning for our rights We would like to thank our partners for giving us the support we need and enjoy. To those who despise us: Thank you also! We regard negative and positive feedback alike as active support and intelligent modes of communication. To those who think that we have now given up: Come on! We have all had our fun. Now, let's face reality. The net is, at the time, NOT a free place. It is directly and indirectly controlled by U.S. courts of all names. The root zone is basically owned by the U.S. Ministry of Commerce [well, then maybe the Chicago Board of Elections should have sued the Ministry of Commerce]. If they decide to halt the internet tomorrow, then it is Nike time - they just do it! Cynical? No. Realistic. Or should ICANN bring Capitalism and DemoCRAZY closer together? Or maybe even CORE? So... if you dont get help from us, please get help somewhere! [V] What is new on the Site We have opened our site and data to the public, so everyone can see for him or herself what is happening. Feel free to access the user database - and do not be surprised to find no personal data. Asking for data at the frontdesk does not necessarily imply storing it in the backoffice... What you can find is the socio-demographics of everybody who dared to play [V]ote-auction. If you ask yourself if the numbers are real - that is an intelligent question - but has never been answered on the net. Neither can we answer it. You will have to be quick to access the site - we will put it into real legal context by November 8th. When the game is over, the players have to go home! [V] Statistics [Nov. 7th 2000, 3am CET] [] polls International poll: National poll: 63.3% gore 45.0% gore 14.3% bush 44.1% bush 22.4% nader 10.9% nader Vote-auction legal or illegal: 75.3% legal 09.4% illegal 15.3% dont know Would you rather go voting if you got paied for it: 70.0% yes 30.0% no [] Global media quick-stats Topic: numbers % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Mailingslists/newsgroups: 13,765 articles 75% Online-magazines: 898 articles 19% Print-magazines: 258 articles 03% Print-newspapers: 812 articles 24% TV-segments: 147 reports 03% Radio-segments: 231 reports 05% - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Press-archive under: http://62.116.31.68/news.htm [] Supporter quick-stats - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Emails received in the last 9 days 2451 Support sites 213 Attorneys offering their services 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- [] Legal quick-stats - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Civil-lawsuits filed against [V]ote-auction and related individuals and companies 18 General Attorney investigations running 15 Lawsuits by vote-auction against corenic.org 01 Legal documents received by postal services or via Fax [approx. 250 pounds] 112 kg - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- [V] Credits James Baumgartner ubermorgen.com RTMark.com SILVER SERVER / sil.at enemy.org joker.com hell.com thinkfactory.de pixelmassaker.com cnn.com etoyACTION.com ACLU.org For a list of support web-sites http://62.116.31.68/news.htm#support [V] Final note We wish all 3 candidates the best of luck for Election Day, and may the guy with the best looks - oops, sorry, the best ideas and intentions - win. Goodbye to you, you have been a great audience! For the Vote-auction team lizvlx hans_extrem the-woman-behind the-guy-who-gets-sued [V]ote-auction “To be or not to be! Just do it!" PLEASE NOTE: If you want to access Vote-auction via web or mail, please be sure to use the correct domain: pr@[62.116.31.68] http://62.116.31.68 We will not be able to receive messages sent to any of the old addresses. Thank you. [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] [] [] [] [V]ote-auction [] [] [] [] pr@[62.116.31.68] [] [] [] [] The Election Industry Leader - Bringing [] [] Capitalism & Democracy closer together [] [] [] [] _brought to you by ubermorgen.com [] [] [] [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] From voteauction@ubermorgen03.ubermorgen.com Mon Feb 12 15:05:52 2001 +0100 Return-Path: Delivered-To: voteauction@mail.ubermorgen.com Received: (qmail 87025 invoked by alias); 7 Nov 2000 03:57:58 -0000 Delivered-To: PR@mail.ubermorgen.com Received: (qmail 87022 invoked from network); 7 Nov 2000 03:57:57 -0000 Received: from 212186130182.15.vie.surfer.at (HELO ubermorgen04.ubermorgen.com) (root@212.186.130.182) by mail.ubermorgen.com with SMTP; 7 Nov 2000 03:57:57 -0000 Received: from [192.168.0.12] (ubermorgen12.ubermorgen.com [192.168.0.12]) by ubermorgen04.ubermorgen.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id EAA11917; Tue, 7 Nov 2000 04:58:41 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from PR@[62.116.31.68]) X-Sender: voteauction@mail.ubermorgen.com (Unverified) Message-Id: Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 04:56:51 +0100 To: PR@[62.116.31.68] From: "PR [V]ote-auction.com" Subject: [V]ote-auction announces END-RESULTS :: PRESS-RELEASE Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -------------------------------------------------------- [V]ote-auction announces END-RESULTS of GRAND AUCTION -------------------------------------------------------- Vienna/Berlin, November 7th, 2000, 5am CET Below is the latest press release by [V]ote-auction: http://62.116.31.68 http://www.voteauction.de / realname: voteauction [formerly Vote-auction.com and Voteauction.com]. You can also find this press release at http://62.116.31.68/pr.htm For any further information feel free to contact pr@[62.116.31.68] or in urgent cases call our ubermorgen.com hotlines: berlin +49-175-2066954 vienna +43 676 9300061 ------------------------------------------------------- It's different because it's fundamentally different: [V]ote-auction http://62.116.31.68 ------------------------------------------------------- [V] Intro [V]ote-auction, the election industry leader, is proud to annnounce the end-results of the grand - or, perhaps more accurately, notorious - [V]ote-auction GAME. Many participants acted as if they had actually considered it a real business; in fact, it was indeed a real-life game for voters who finally had found a way to think about what their vote is worth on the free market; and to themselves. For us, the operators, it turned out to be less of a action- service and more of a legal rollercoaster. [V] Game? Street Theatre? Comic? Business? Lots has been said about how to distinguish between a real business and a cartoon in a sunday newspaper: http://www.cnn.com/video/burden/2000/10/24/show.rm80.ram Most of these nice sayings are true for the offline world - but on the net, things are different. Whether or not one likes it, the net is NOT a commercial playground a priori. It is an open space for ANY communication needs between any people. If you think it is hard to know for sure if our site was a game or a business, well, then that's a good lesson you have learned. Try any web-site and try to check out if they are for "real", here a small test-environment: http://yesrudy.com http://gatt.org http://rtmark.com/gwbush/ http://www.fpo.at http://www.microsoft.com There is no last page with cartoons on the net. That is why it is called an interlinked system and not a book. You'd better learn the differenciate now! If not, you might fall for a real prank one day! [V] Who is suing whom? legal platform coming soon: http://www.ipnic.org < the nic is the content is the user is the net > Here an excerpt of the current situation: . Massachussetts is suing vote-auction and our providers reason: "selling votes" status: injunction order . Missouri is suing vote-auction and our providers reason: "false promises to consumers" status: injunction order . Chicago Board of Elections is suing vote-auction and our providers reason: "selling and buying of votes" status: injunction order . Various "investigations" by Attorney Generals reason: diverse status: unknown . [V]ote-auction is suing CORE in switzerland reason: breach of contract, damages, denial of service status: preparation It seems that we are witnessing the birth of a new sub-genre of action-art: DIGITAL LEGAL ART. appearantly it is even not so much the end-user in front of the terminal to whom we appeal most, but the people in U.S. legal offices... very sexy! Nevertheless, we are sure that the cases will be dropped, as it will be obvious, even to the legal folk, that there are people out there buying and selling votes - but that it is not us. We just gave you the showcase. The real dealers do their businesses quite openly in Washington. Vive la difference! [V] Campaigning for our rights We would like to thank our partners for giving us the support we need and enjoy. To those who despise us: Thank you also! We regard negative and positive feedback alike as active support and intelligent modes of communication. To those who think that we have now given up: Come on! We have all had our fun. Now, let's face reality. The net is, at the time, NOT a free place. It is directly and indirectly controlled by U.S. courts of all names. The root zone is basically owned by the U.S. Ministry of Commerce [well, then maybe the Chicago Board of Elections should have sued the Ministry of Commerce]. If they decide to halt the internet tomorrow, then it is Nike time - they just do it! Cynical? No. Realistic. Or should ICANN bring Capitalism and DemoCRAZY closer together? Or maybe even CORE? So... if you dont get help from us, please get help somewhere! [V] What is new on the Site We have opened our site and data to the public, so everyone can see for him or herself what is happening. Feel free to access the user database - and do not be surprised to find no personal data. Asking for data at the frontdesk does not necessarily imply storing it in the backoffice... What you can find is the socio-demographics of everybody who dared to play [V]ote-auction. If you ask yourself if the numbers are real - that is an intelligent question - but has never been answered on the net. Neither can we answer it. You will have to be quick to access the site - we will put it into real legal context by November 8th. When the game is over, the players have to go home! [V] Statistics [Nov. 7th 2000, 3am CET] [] polls International poll: National poll: 63.3% gore 45.0% gore 14.3% bush 44.1% bush 22.4% nader 10.9% nader Vote-auction legal or illegal: 75.3% legal 09.4% illegal 15.3% dont know Would you rather go voting if you got paied for it: 70.0% yes 30.0% no [] Global media quick-stats Topic: numbers % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Mailingslists/newsgroups: 13,765 articles 75% Online-magazines: 898 articles 19% Print-magazines: 258 articles 03% Print-newspapers: 812 articles 24% TV-segments: 147 reports 03% Radio-segments: 231 reports 05% - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Press-archive under: http://62.116.31.68/news.htm [] Supporter quick-stats - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Emails received in the last 9 days 2451 Support sites 213 Attorneys offering their services 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- [] Legal quick-stats - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Civil-lawsuits filed against [V]ote-auction and related individuals and companies 18 General Attorney investigations running 15 Lawsuits by vote-auction against corenic.org 01 Legal documents received by postal services or via Fax [approx. 250 pounds] 112 kg - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- [V] Credits James Baumgartner ubermorgen.com RTMark.com SILVER SERVER / sil.at enemy.org joker.com hell.com thinkfactory.de pixelmassaker.com cnn.com etoyACTION.com ACLU.org For a list of support web-sites http://62.116.31.68/news.htm#support [V] Final note We wish all 3 candidates the best of luck for Election Day, and may the guy with the best looks - oops, sorry, the best ideas and intentions - win. Goodbye to you, you have been a great audience! For the Vote-auction team lizvlx hans_extrem the-woman-behind the-guy-who-gets-sued [V]ote-auction “To be or not to be! Just do it!" PLEASE NOTE: If you want to access Vote-auction via web or mail, please be sure to use the correct domain: pr@[62.116.31.68] http://62.116.31.68 We will not be able to receive messages sent to any of the old addresses. Thank you. [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] [] [] [] [V]ote-auction [] [] [] [] pr@[62.116.31.68] [] [] [] [] The Election Industry Leader - Bringing [] [] Capitalism & Democracy closer together [] [] [] [] _brought to you by ubermorgen.com [] [] [] [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] From voteauction@ubermorgen03.ubermorgen.com Mon Feb 12 15:05:54 2001 +0100 Return-Path: Delivered-To: voteauction@mail.ubermorgen.com Received: (qmail 86973 invoked by alias); 7 Nov 2000 03:55:58 -0000 Delivered-To: PR@mail.ubermorgen.com Received: (qmail 86970 invoked from network); 7 Nov 2000 03:55:57 -0000 Received: from 212186130182.15.vie.surfer.at (HELO ubermorgen04.ubermorgen.com) (root@212.186.130.182) by mail.ubermorgen.com with SMTP; 7 Nov 2000 03:55:57 -0000 Received: from [192.168.0.12] (ubermorgen12.ubermorgen.com [192.168.0.12]) by ubermorgen04.ubermorgen.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id EAA11905; Tue, 7 Nov 2000 04:57:48 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from PR@[62.116.31.68]) X-Sender: voteauction@mail.ubermorgen.com (Unverified) Message-Id: Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 04:55:39 +0100 To: PR@[62.116.31.68] From: "PR [V]ote-auction.com" Subject: [V]ote-auction announces END-RESULTS :: PRESS-RELEASE Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -------------------------------------------------------- [V]ote-auction announces END-RESULTS of GRAND AUCTION -------------------------------------------------------- Vienna/Berlin, November 7th, 2000, 5am CET Below is the latest press release by [V]ote-auction: http://62.116.31.68 http://www.voteauction.de / realname: voteauction [formerly Vote-auction.com and Voteauction.com]. You can also find this press release at http://62.116.31.68/pr.htm For any further information feel free to contact pr@[62.116.31.68] or in urgent cases call our ubermorgen.com hotlines: berlin +49-175-2066954 vienna +43 676 9300061 ------------------------------------------------------- It's different because it's fundamentally different: [V]ote-auction http://62.116.31.68 ------------------------------------------------------- [V] Intro [V]ote-auction, the election industry leader, is proud to annnounce the end-results of the grand - or, perhaps more accurately, notorious - [V]ote-auction GAME. Many participants acted as if they had actually considered it a real business; in fact, it was indeed a real-life game for voters who finally had found a way to think about what their vote is worth on the free market; and to themselves. For us, the operators, it turned out to be less of a action- service and more of a legal rollercoaster. [V] Game? Street Theatre? Comic? Business? Lots has been said about how to distinguish between a real business and a cartoon in a sunday newspaper: http://www.cnn.com/video/burden/2000/10/24/show.rm80.ram Most of these nice sayings are true for the offline world - but on the net, things are different. Whether or not one likes it, the net is NOT a commercial playground a priori. It is an open space for ANY communication needs between any people. If you think it is hard to know for sure if our site was a game or a business, well, then that's a good lesson you have learned. Try any web-site and try to check out if they are for "real", here a small test-environment: http://yesrudy.com http://gatt.org http://rtmark.com/gwbush/ http://www.fpo.at http://www.microsoft.com There is no last page with cartoons on the net. That is why it is called an interlinked system and not a book. You'd better learn the differenciate now! If not, you might fall for a real prank one day! [V] Who is suing whom? legal platform coming soon: http://www.ipnic.org < the nic is the content is the user is the net > Here an excerpt of the current situation: . Massachussetts is suing vote-auction and our providers reason: "selling votes" status: injunction order . Missouri is suing vote-auction and our providers reason: "false promises to consumers" status: injunction order . Chicago Board of Elections is suing vote-auction and our providers reason: "selling and buying of votes" status: injunction order . Various "investigations" by Attorney Generals reason: diverse status: unknown . [V]ote-auction is suing CORE in switzerland reason: breach of contract, damages, denial of service status: preparation It seems that we are witnessing the birth of a new sub-genre of action-art: DIGITAL LEGAL ART. appearantly it is even not so much the end-user in front of the terminal to whom we appeal most, but the people in U.S. legal offices... very sexy! Nevertheless, we are sure that the cases will be dropped, as it will be obvious, even to the legal folk, that there are people out there buying and selling votes - but that it is not us. We just gave you the showcase. The real dealers do their businesses quite openly in Washington. Vive la difference! [V] Campaigning for our rights We would like to thank our partners for giving us the support we need and enjoy. To those who despise us: Thank you also! We regard negative and positive feedback alike as active support and intelligent modes of communication. To those who think that we have now given up: Come on! We have all had our fun. Now, let's face reality. The net is, at the time, NOT a free place. It is directly and indirectly controlled by U.S. courts of all names. The root zone is basically owned by the U.S. Ministry of Commerce [well, then maybe the Chicago Board of Elections should have sued the Ministry of Commerce]. If they decide to halt the internet tomorrow, then it is Nike time - they just do it! Cynical? No. Realistic. Or should ICANN bring Capitalism and DemoCRAZY closer together? Or maybe even CORE? So... if you dont get help from us, please get help somewhere! [V] What is new on the Site We have opened our site and data to the public, so everyone can see for him or herself what is happening. Feel free to access the user database - and do not be surprised to find no personal data. Asking for data at the frontdesk does not necessarily imply storing it in the backoffice... What you can find is the socio-demographics of everybody who dared to play [V]ote-auction. If you ask yourself if the numbers are real - that is an intelligent question - but has never been answered on the net. Neither can we answer it. You will have to be quick to access the site - we will put it into real legal context by November 8th. When the game is over, the players have to go home! [V] Statistics [Nov. 7th 2000, 3am CET] [] polls International poll: National poll: 63.3% gore 45.0% gore 14.3% bush 44.1% bush 22.4% nader 10.9% nader Vote-auction legal or illegal: 75.3% legal 09.4% illegal 15.3% dont know Would you rather go voting if you got paied for it: 70.0% yes 30.0% no [] Global media quick-stats Topic: numbers % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Mailingslists/newsgroups: 13,765 articles 75% Online-magazines: 898 articles 19% Print-magazines: 258 articles 03% Print-newspapers: 812 articles 24% TV-segments: 147 reports 03% Radio-segments: 231 reports 05% - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Press-archive under: http://62.116.31.68/news.htm [] Supporter quick-stats - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Emails received in the last 9 days 2451 Support sites 213 Attorneys offering their services 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- [] Legal quick-stats - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Civil-lawsuits filed against [V]ote-auction and related individuals and companies 18 General Attorney investigations running 15 Lawsuits by vote-auction against corenic.org 01 Legal documents received by postal services or via Fax [approx. 250 pounds] 112 kg - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- [V] Credits James Baumgartner ubermorgen.com RTMark.com SILVER SERVER / sil.at enemy.org joker.com hell.com thinkfactory.de pixelmassaker.com cnn.com etoyACTION.com ACLU.org For a list of support web-sites http://62.116.31.68/news.htm#support [V] Final note We wish all 3 candidates the best of luck for Election Day, and may the guy with the best looks - oops, sorry, the best ideas and intentions - win. Goodbye to you, you have been a great audience! For the Vote-auction team lizvlx hans_extrem the-woman-behind the-guy-who-gets-sued [V]ote-auction “To be or not to be! Just do it!" PLEASE NOTE: If you want to access Vote-auction via web or mail, please be sure to use the correct domain: pr@[62.116.31.68] http://62.116.31.68 We will not be able to receive messages sent to any of the old addresses. Thank you. [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] [] [] [] [V]ote-auction [] [] [] [] pr@[62.116.31.68] [] [] [] [] The Election Industry Leader - Bringing [] [] Capitalism & Democracy closer together [] [] [] [] _brought to you by ubermorgen.com [] [] [] [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] From voteauction@ubermorgen03.ubermorgen.com Mon Feb 12 15:05:55 2001 +0100 Return-Path: Delivered-To: voteauction@mail.ubermorgen.com Received: (qmail 86963 invoked by alias); 7 Nov 2000 03:55:35 -0000 Delivered-To: PR@mail.ubermorgen.com Received: (qmail 86960 invoked from network); 7 Nov 2000 03:55:34 -0000 Received: from 212186130182.15.vie.surfer.at (HELO ubermorgen04.ubermorgen.com) (root@212.186.130.182) by mail.ubermorgen.com with SMTP; 7 Nov 2000 03:55:34 -0000 Received: from [192.168.0.12] (ubermorgen12.ubermorgen.com [192.168.0.12]) by ubermorgen04.ubermorgen.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id EAA11901; Tue, 7 Nov 2000 04:56:29 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from PR@[62.116.31.68]) X-Sender: voteauction@mail.ubermorgen.com (Unverified) Message-Id: Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 04:54:56 +0100 To: PR@[62.116.31.68] From: "PR [V]ote-auction.com" Subject: [V]ote-auction announces END-RESULTS :: PRESS-RELEASE Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -------------------------------------------------------- [V]ote-auction announces END-RESULTS of GRAND AUCTION -------------------------------------------------------- Vienna/Berlin, November 7th, 2000, 5am CET Below is the latest press release by [V]ote-auction: http://62.116.31.68 http://www.voteauction.de / realname: voteauction [formerly Vote-auction.com and Voteauction.com]. You can also find this press release at http://62.116.31.68/pr.htm For any further information feel free to contact pr@[62.116.31.68] or in urgent cases call our ubermorgen.com hotlines: berlin +49-175-2066954 vienna +43 676 9300061 ------------------------------------------------------- It's different because it's fundamentally different: [V]ote-auction http://62.116.31.68 ------------------------------------------------------- [V] Intro [V]ote-auction, the election industry leader, is proud to annnounce the end-results of the grand - or, perhaps more accurately, notorious - [V]ote-auction GAME. Many participants acted as if they had actually considered it a real business; in fact, it was indeed a real-life game for voters who finally had found a way to think about what their vote is worth on the free market; and to themselves. For us, the operators, it turned out to be less of a action- service and more of a legal rollercoaster. [V] Game? Street Theatre? Comic? Business? Lots has been said about how to distinguish between a real business and a cartoon in a sunday newspaper: http://www.cnn.com/video/burden/2000/10/24/show.rm80.ram Most of these nice sayings are true for the offline world - but on the net, things are different. Whether or not one likes it, the net is NOT a commercial playground a priori. It is an open space for ANY communication needs between any people. If you think it is hard to know for sure if our site was a game or a business, well, then that's a good lesson you have learned. Try any web-site and try to check out if they are for "real", here a small test-environment: http://yesrudy.com http://gatt.org http://rtmark.com/gwbush/ http://www.fpo.at http://www.microsoft.com There is no last page with cartoons on the net. That is why it is called an interlinked system and not a book. You'd better learn the differenciate now! If not, you might fall for a real prank one day! [V] Who is suing whom? legal platform coming soon: http://www.ipnic.org < the nic is the content is the user is the net > Here an excerpt of the current situation: . Massachussetts is suing vote-auction and our providers reason: "selling votes" status: injunction order . Missouri is suing vote-auction and our providers reason: "false promises to consumers" status: injunction order . Chicago Board of Elections is suing vote-auction and our providers reason: "selling and buying of votes" status: injunction order . Various "investigations" by Attorney Generals reason: diverse status: unknown . [V]ote-auction is suing CORE in switzerland reason: breach of contract, damages, denial of service status: preparation It seems that we are witnessing the birth of a new sub-genre of action-art: DIGITAL LEGAL ART. appearantly it is even not so much the end-user in front of the terminal to whom we appeal most, but the people in U.S. legal offices... very sexy! Nevertheless, we are sure that the cases will be dropped, as it will be obvious, even to the legal folk, that there are people out there buying and selling votes - but that it is not us. We just gave you the showcase. The real dealers do their businesses quite openly in Washington. Vive la difference! [V] Campaigning for our rights We would like to thank our partners for giving us the support we need and enjoy. To those who despise us: Thank you also! We regard negative and positive feedback alike as active support and intelligent modes of communication. To those who think that we have now given up: Come on! We have all had our fun. Now, let's face reality. The net is, at the time, NOT a free place. It is directly and indirectly controlled by U.S. courts of all names. The root zone is basically owned by the U.S. Ministry of Commerce [well, then maybe the Chicago Board of Elections should have sued the Ministry of Commerce]. If they decide to halt the internet tomorrow, then it is Nike time - they just do it! Cynical? No. Realistic. Or should ICANN bring Capitalism and DemoCRAZY closer together? Or maybe even CORE? So... if you dont get help from us, please get help somewhere! [V] What is new on the Site We have opened our site and data to the public, so everyone can see for him or herself what is happening. Feel free to access the user database - and do not be surprised to find no personal data. Asking for data at the frontdesk does not necessarily imply storing it in the backoffice... What you can find is the socio-demographics of everybody who dared to play [V]ote-auction. If you ask yourself if the numbers are real - that is an intelligent question - but has never been answered on the net. Neither can we answer it. You will have to be quick to access the site - we will put it into real legal context by November 8th. When the game is over, the players have to go home! [V] Statistics [Nov. 7th 2000, 3am CET] [] polls International poll: National poll: 63.3% gore 45.0% gore 14.3% bush 44.1% bush 22.4% nader 10.9% nader Vote-auction legal or illegal: 75.3% legal 09.4% illegal 15.3% dont know Would you rather go voting if you got paied for it: 70.0% yes 30.0% no [] Global media quick-stats Topic: numbers % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Mailingslists/newsgroups: 13,765 articles 75% Online-magazines: 898 articles 19% Print-magazines: 258 articles 03% Print-newspapers: 812 articles 24% TV-segments: 147 reports 03% Radio-segments: 231 reports 05% - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Press-archive under: http://62.116.31.68/news.htm [] Supporter quick-stats - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Emails received in the last 9 days 2451 Support sites 213 Attorneys offering their services 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- [] Legal quick-stats - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Civil-lawsuits filed against [V]ote-auction and related individuals and companies 18 General Attorney investigations running 15 Lawsuits by vote-auction against corenic.org 01 Legal documents received by postal services or via Fax [approx. 250 pounds] 112 kg - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- [V] Credits James Baumgartner ubermorgen.com RTMark.com SILVER SERVER / sil.at enemy.org joker.com hell.com thinkfactory.de pixelmassaker.com cnn.com etoyACTION.com ACLU.org For a list of support web-sites http://62.116.31.68/news.htm#support [V] Final note We wish all 3 candidates the best of luck for Election Day, and may the guy with the best looks - oops, sorry, the best ideas and intentions - win. Goodbye to you, you have been a great audience! For the Vote-auction team lizvlx hans_extrem the-woman-behind the-guy-who-gets-sued [V]ote-auction “To be or not to be! Just do it!" PLEASE NOTE: If you want to access Vote-auction via web or mail, please be sure to use the correct domain: pr@[62.116.31.68] http://62.116.31.68 We will not be able to receive messages sent to any of the old addresses. Thank you. [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] [] [] [] [V]ote-auction [] [] [] [] pr@[62.116.31.68] [] [] [] [] The Election Industry Leader - Bringing [] [] Capitalism & Democracy closer together [] [] [] [] _brought to you by ubermorgen.com [] [] [] [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] From voteauction@ubermorgen03.ubermorgen.com Mon Feb 12 15:05:57 2001 +0100 Return-Path: Delivered-To: voteauction@mail.ubermorgen.com Received: (qmail 86712 invoked by alias); 7 Nov 2000 03:30:52 -0000 Delivered-To: PR@mail.ubermorgen.com Received: (qmail 86708 invoked from network); 7 Nov 2000 03:30:50 -0000 Received: from 212186130182.15.vie.surfer.at (HELO ubermorgen04.ubermorgen.com) (root@212.186.130.182) by mail.ubermorgen.com with SMTP; 7 Nov 2000 03:30:50 -0000 Received: from [192.168.0.12] (ubermorgen12.ubermorgen.com [192.168.0.12]) by ubermorgen04.ubermorgen.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id EAA11878; Tue, 7 Nov 2000 04:33:29 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from PR@[62.116.31.68]) X-Sender: voteauction@mail.ubermorgen.com (Unverified) Message-Id: Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 04:31:43 +0100 To: PR@[62.116.31.68] From: "PR [V]ote-auction.com" Subject: [V]ote-auction announces END-RESULTS : PRESS-RELEASE Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -------------------------------------------------------- [V]ote-auction announces END-RESULTS of GRAND AUCTION -------------------------------------------------------- Vienna/Berlin, November 7th, 2000, 5am CET Below is the latest press release by [V]ote-auction: http://62.116.31.68 http://www.voteauction.de / realname: voteauction [formerly Vote-auction.com and Voteauction.com]. You can also find this press release at http://62.116.31.68/pr.htm For any further information feel free to contact pr@[62.116.31.68] or in urgent cases call our ubermorgen.com hotlines: berlin +49-175-2066954 vienna +43 676 9300061 ------------------------------------------------------- It's different because it's fundamentally different: [V]ote-auction http://62.116.31.68 ------------------------------------------------------- [V] Intro [V]ote-auction, the election industry leader, is proud to annnounce the end-results of the grand - or, perhaps more accurately, notorious - [V]ote-auction GAME. Many participants acted as if they had actually considered it a real business; in fact, it was indeed a real-life game for voters who finally had found a way to think about what their vote is worth on the free market; and to themselves. For us, the operators, it turned out to be less of a action- service and more of a legal rollercoaster. [V] Game? Street Theatre? Comic? Business? Lots has been said about how to distinguish between a real business and a cartoon in a sunday newspaper: http://www.cnn.com/video/burden/2000/10/24/show.rm80.ram Most of these nice sayings are true for the offline world - but on the net, things are different. Whether or not one likes it, the net is NOT a commercial playground a priori. It is an open space for ANY communication needs between any people. If you think it is hard to know for sure if our site was a game or a business, well, then that's a good lesson you have learned. Try any web-site and try to check out if they are for "real", here a small test-environment: http://yesrudy.com http://gatt.org http://rtmark.com/gwbush/ http://www.fpo.at http://www.microsoft.com There is no last page with cartoons on the net. That is why it is called an interlinked system and not a book. You'd better learn the differenciate now! If not, you might fall for a real prank one day! [V] Who is suing whom? legal platform coming soon: http://www.ipnic.org < the nic is the content is the user is the net > Here an excerpt of the current situation: . Massachussetts is suing vote-auction and our providers reason: "selling votes" status: injunction order . Missouri is suing vote-auction and our providers reason: "false promises to consumers" status: injunction order . Chicago Board of Elections is suing vote-auction and our providers reason: "selling and buying of votes" status: injunction order . Various "investigations" by Attorney Generals reason: diverse status: unknown . [V]ote-auction is suing CORE in switzerland reason: breach of contract, damages, denial of service status: preparation It seems that we are witnessing the birth of a new sub-genre of action-art: DIGITAL LEGAL ART. appearantly it is even not so much the end-user in front of the terminal to whom we appeal most, but the people in U.S. legal offices... very sexy! Nevertheless, we are sure that the cases will be dropped, as it will be obvious, even to the legal folk, that there are people out there buying and selling votes - but that it is not us. We just gave you the showcase. The real dealers do their businesses quite openly in Washington. Vive la difference! [V] Campaigning for our rights We would like to thank our partners for giving us the support we need and enjoy. To those who despise us: Thank you also! We regard negative and positive feedback alike as active support and intelligent modes of communication. To those who think that we have now given up: Come on! We have all had our fun. Now, let's face reality. The net is, at the time, NOT a free place. It is directly and indirectly controlled by U.S. courts of all names. The root zone is basically owned by the U.S. Ministry of Commerce [well, then maybe the Chicago Board of Elections should have sued the Ministry of Commerce]. If they decide to halt the internet tomorrow, then it is Nike time - they just do it! Cynical? No. Realistic. Or should ICANN bring Capitalism and DemoCRAZY closer together? Or maybe even CORE? So... if you dont get help from us, please get help somewhere! [V] What is new on the Site We have opened our site and data to the public, so everyone can see for him or herself what is happening. Feel free to access the user database - and do not be surprised to find no personal data. Asking for data at the frontdesk does not necessarily imply storing it in the backoffice... What you can find is the socio-demographics of everybody who dared to play [V]ote-auction. If you ask yourself if the numbers are real - that is an intelligent question - but has never been answered on the net. Neither can we answer it. You will have to be quick to access the site - we will put it into real legal context by November 8th. When the game is over, the players have to go home! [V] Statistics [Nov. 7th 2000, 3am CET] [] polls International poll: National poll: 63.3% gore 45.0% gore 14.3% bush 44.1% bush 22.4% nader 10.9% nader Vote-auction legal or illegal: 75.3% legal 09.4% illegal 15.3% dont know Would you rather go voting if you got paied for it: 70.0% yes 30.0% no [] Global media quick-stats Topic: numbers % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Mailingslists/newsgroups: 13,765 articles 75% Online-magazines: 898 articles 19% Print-magazines: 258 articles 03% Print-newspapers: 812 articles 24% TV-segments: 147 reports 03% Radio-segments: 231 reports 05% - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Press-archive under: http://62.116.31.68/news.htm [] Supporter quick-stats - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Emails received in the last 9 days 2451 Support sites 213 Attorneys offering their services 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- [] Legal quick-stats - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Civil-lawsuits filed against [V]ote-auction and related individuals and companies 18 General Attorney investigations running 15 Lawsuits by vote-auction against corenic.org 01 Legal documents received by postal services or via Fax [approx. 250 pounds] 112 kg - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- [V] Credits James Baumgartner ubermorgen.com RTMark.com SILVER SERVER / sil.at enemy.org joker.com hell.com thinkfactory.de pixelmassaker.com cnn.com etoyACTION.com ACLU.org For a list of support web-sites http://62.116.31.68/news.htm#support [V] Final note We wish all 3 candidates the best of luck for Election Day, and may the guy with the best looks - oops, sorry, the best ideas and intentions - win. 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From voteauction@ubermorgen03.ubermorgen.com Mon Feb 12 15:05:59 2001 +0100 Return-Path: Delivered-To: voteauction@mail.ubermorgen.com Received: (qmail 86676 invoked by alias); 7 Nov 2000 03:28:37 -0000 Delivered-To: PR@mail.ubermorgen.com Received: (qmail 86671 invoked from network); 7 Nov 2000 03:28:35 -0000 Received: from 212186130182.15.vie.surfer.at (HELO ?192.168.0.12?) (@212.186.130.182) by mail.ubermorgen.com with SMTP; 7 Nov 2000 03:28:35 -0000 X-Sender: voteauction@mail.ubermorgen.com (Unverified) Message-Id: Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 04:29:37 +0100 To: PR@[62.116.31.68] From: "PR [V]ote-auction.com" Subject: [V]ote-auction announces END-RESULTS : PRESS-RELEASE Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -------------------------------------------------------- [V]ote-auction announces END-RESULTS of GRAND AUCTION -------------------------------------------------------- Vienna/Berlin, November 7th, 2000, 5am CET Below is the latest press release by [V]ote-auction: http://62.116.31.68 http://www.voteauction.de / realname: voteauction [formerly Vote-auction.com and Voteauction.com]. You can also find this press release at http://62.116.31.68/pr.htm For any further information feel free to contact pr@[62.116.31.68] or in urgent cases call our ubermorgen.com hotlines: berlin +49-175-2066954 vienna +43 676 9300061 ------------------------------------------------------- It's different because it's fundamentally different: [V]ote-auction http://62.116.31.68 ------------------------------------------------------- [V] Intro [V]ote-auction, the election industry leader, is proud to annnounce the end-results of the grand - or, perhaps more accurately, notorious - [V]ote-auction GAME. Many participants acted as if they had actually considered it a real business; in fact, it was indeed a real-life game for voters who finally had found a way to think about what their vote is worth on the free market; and to themselves. For us, the operators, it turned out to be less of a action- service and more of a legal rollercoaster. [V] Game? Street Theatre? Comic? Business? Lots has been said about how to distinguish between a real business and a cartoon in a sunday newspaper: http://www.cnn.com/video/burden/2000/10/24/show.rm80.ram Most of these nice sayings are true for the offline world - but on the net, things are different. Whether or not one likes it, the net is NOT a commercial playground a priori. It is an open space for ANY communication needs between any people. If you think it is hard to know for sure if our site was a game or a business, well, then that's a good lesson you have learned. Try any web-site and try to check out if they are for "real", here a small test-environment: http://yesrudy.com http://gatt.org http://rtmark.com/gwbush/ http://www.fpo.at http://www.microsoft.com There is no last page with cartoons on the net. That is why it is called an interlinked system and not a book. You'd better learn the differenciate now! If not, you might fall for a real prank one day! [V] Who is suing whom? legal platform coming soon: http://www.ipnic.org < the nic is the content is the user is the net > Here an excerpt of the current situation: . Massachussetts is suing vote-auction and our providers reason: "selling votes" status: injunction order . Missouri is suing vote-auction and our providers reason: "false promises to consumers" status: injunction order . Chicago Board of Elections is suing vote-auction and our providers reason: "selling and buying of votes" status: injunction order . Various "investigations" by Attorney Generals reason: diverse status: unknown . [V]ote-auction is suing CORE in switzerland reason: breach of contract, damages, denial of service status: preparation It seems that we are witnessing the birth of a new sub-genre of action-art: DIGITAL LEGAL ART. appearantly it is even not so much the end-user in front of the terminal to whom we appeal most, but the people in U.S. legal offices... very sexy! Nevertheless, we are sure that the cases will be dropped, as it will be obvious, even to the legal folk, that there are people out there buying and selling votes - but that it is not us. We just gave you the showcase. The real dealers do their businesses quite openly in Washington. Vive la difference! [V] Campaigning for our rights We would like to thank our partners for giving us the support we need and enjoy. To those who despise us: Thank you also! We regard negative and positive feedback alike as active support and intelligent modes of communication. To those who think that we have now given up: Come on! We have all had our fun. Now, let's face reality. The net is, at the time, NOT a free place. It is directly and indirectly controlled by U.S. courts of all names. The root zone is basically owned by the U.S. Ministry of Commerce [well, then maybe the Chicago Board of Elections should have sued the Ministry of Commerce]. If they decide to halt the internet tomorrow, then it is Nike time - they just do it! Cynical? No. Realistic. Or should ICANN bring Capitalism and DemoCRAZY closer together? Or maybe even CORE? So... if you dont get help from us, please get help somewhere! [V] What is new on the Site We have opened our site and data to the public, so everyone can see for him or herself what is happening. Feel free to access the user database - and do not be surprised to find no personal data. Asking for data at the frontdesk does not necessarily imply storing it in the backoffice... What you can find is the socio-demographics of everybody who dared to play [V]ote-auction. If you ask yourself if the numbers are real - that is an intelligent question - but has never been answered on the net. Neither can we answer it. You will have to be quick to access the site - we will put it into real legal context by November 8th. When the game is over, the players have to go home! [V] Statistics [Nov. 7th 2000, 3am CET] [] polls International poll: National poll: 63.3% gore 45.0% gore 14.3% bush 44.1% bush 22.4% nader 10.9% nader Vote-auction legal or illegal: 75.3% legal 09.4% illegal 15.3% dont know Would you rather go voting if you got paied for it: 70.0% yes 30.0% no [] Global media quick-stats Topic: numbers % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Mailingslists/newsgroups: 13,765 articles 75% Online-magazines: 898 articles 19% Print-magazines: 258 articles 03% Print-newspapers: 812 articles 24% TV-segments: 147 reports 03% Radio-segments: 231 reports 05% - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Press-archive under: http://62.116.31.68/news.htm [] Supporter quick-stats - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Emails received in the last 9 days 2451 Support sites 213 Attorneys offering their services 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- [] Legal quick-stats - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Civil-lawsuits filed against [V]ote-auction and related individuals and companies 18 General Attorney investigations running 15 Lawsuits by vote-auction against corenic.org 01 Legal documents received by postal services or via Fax [approx. 250 pounds] 112 kg - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- [V] Credits James Baumgartner ubermorgen.com RTMark.com SILVER SERVER / sil.at enemy.org joker.com hell.com thinkfactory.de pixelmassaker.com cnn.com etoyACTION.com ACLU.org For a list of support web-sites http://62.116.31.68/news.htm#support [V] Final note We wish all 3 candidates the best of luck for Election Day, and may the guy with the best looks - oops, sorry, the best ideas and intentions - win. Goodbye to you, you have been a great audience! For the Vote-auction team lizvlx hans_extrem the-woman-behind the-guy-who-gets-sued [V]ote-auction “To be or not to be! Just do it!" PLEASE NOTE: If you want to access Vote-auction via web or mail, please be sure to use the correct domain: pr@[62.116.31.68] http://62.116.31.68 We will not be able to receive messages sent to any of the old addresses. Thank you. [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] [] [] [] [V]ote-auction [] [] [] [] pr@[62.116.31.68] [] [] [] [] The Election Industry Leader - Bringing [] [] Capitalism & Democracy closer together [] [] [] [] _brought to you by ubermorgen.com [] [] [] [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] -- . . [V]ote-auction.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://62.116.31.68 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . email PR@[62.116.31.68]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . fax|at +43-1-9681022. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . bringing democracy and capitalism closer together! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . From voteauction@ubermorgen03.ubermorgen.com Mon Feb 12 15:06:00 2001 +0100 Return-Path: Delivered-To: voteauction@mail.ubermorgen.com Received: (qmail 86646 invoked by alias); 7 Nov 2000 03:28:04 -0000 Delivered-To: PR@mail.ubermorgen.com Received: (qmail 86638 invoked from network); 7 Nov 2000 03:28:01 -0000 Received: from 212186130182.15.vie.surfer.at (HELO ?192.168.0.12?) (@212.186.130.182) by mail.ubermorgen.com with SMTP; 7 Nov 2000 03:28:01 -0000 X-Sender: voteauction@mail.ubermorgen.com (Unverified) Message-Id: Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 04:29:07 +0100 To: PR@[62.116.31.68] From: "PR [V]ote-auction.com" Subject: [V]ote-auction announces END-RESULTS : PRESS-RELEASE Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -------------------------------------------------------- [V]ote-auction announces END-RESULTS of GRAND AUCTION -------------------------------------------------------- Vienna/Berlin, November 7th, 2000, 5am CET Below is the latest press release by [V]ote-auction: http://62.116.31.68 http://www.voteauction.de / realname: voteauction [formerly Vote-auction.com and Voteauction.com]. You can also find this press release at http://62.116.31.68/pr.htm For any further information feel free to contact pr@[62.116.31.68] or in urgent cases call our ubermorgen.com hotlines: berlin +49-175-2066954 vienna +43 676 9300061 ------------------------------------------------------- It's different because it's fundamentally different: [V]ote-auction http://62.116.31.68 ------------------------------------------------------- [V] Intro [V]ote-auction, the election industry leader, is proud to annnounce the end-results of the grand - or, perhaps more accurately, notorious - [V]ote-auction GAME. Many participants acted as if they had actually considered it a real business; in fact, it was indeed a real-life game for voters who finally had found a way to think about what their vote is worth on the free market; and to themselves. For us, the operators, it turned out to be less of a action- service and more of a legal rollercoaster. [V] Game? Street Theatre? Comic? Business? Lots has been said about how to distinguish between a real business and a cartoon in a sunday newspaper: http://www.cnn.com/video/burden/2000/10/24/show.rm80.ram Most of these nice sayings are true for the offline world - but on the net, things are different. Whether or not one likes it, the net is NOT a commercial playground a priori. It is an open space for ANY communication needs between any people. If you think it is hard to know for sure if our site was a game or a business, well, then that's a good lesson you have learned. Try any web-site and try to check out if they are for "real", here a small test-environment: http://yesrudy.com http://gatt.org http://rtmark.com/gwbush/ http://www.fpo.at http://www.microsoft.com There is no last page with cartoons on the net. That is why it is called an interlinked system and not a book. You'd better learn the differenciate now! If not, you might fall for a real prank one day! [V] Who is suing whom? legal platform coming soon: http://www.ipnic.org < the nic is the content is the user is the net > Here an excerpt of the current situation: . Massachussetts is suing vote-auction and our providers reason: "selling votes" status: injunction order . Missouri is suing vote-auction and our providers reason: "false promises to consumers" status: injunction order . Chicago Board of Elections is suing vote-auction and our providers reason: "selling and buying of votes" status: injunction order . Various "investigations" by Attorney Generals reason: diverse status: unknown . [V]ote-auction is suing CORE in switzerland reason: breach of contract, damages, denial of service status: preparation It seems that we are witnessing the birth of a new sub-genre of action-art: DIGITAL LEGAL ART. appearantly it is even not so much the end-user in front of the terminal to whom we appeal most, but the people in U.S. legal offices... very sexy! Nevertheless, we are sure that the cases will be dropped, as it will be obvious, even to the legal folk, that there are people out there buying and selling votes - but that it is not us. We just gave you the showcase. The real dealers do their businesses quite openly in Washington. Vive la difference! [V] Campaigning for our rights We would like to thank our partners for giving us the support we need and enjoy. To those who despise us: Thank you also! We regard negative and positive feedback alike as active support and intelligent modes of communication. To those who think that we have now given up: Come on! We have all had our fun. Now, let's face reality. The net is, at the time, NOT a free place. It is directly and indirectly controlled by U.S. courts of all names. The root zone is basically owned by the U.S. Ministry of Commerce [well, then maybe the Chicago Board of Elections should have sued the Ministry of Commerce]. If they decide to halt the internet tomorrow, then it is Nike time - they just do it! Cynical? No. Realistic. Or should ICANN bring Capitalism and DemoCRAZY closer together? Or maybe even CORE? So... if you dont get help from us, please get help somewhere! [V] What is new on the Site We have opened our site and data to the public, so everyone can see for him or herself what is happening. Feel free to access the user database - and do not be surprised to find no personal data. Asking for data at the frontdesk does not necessarily imply storing it in the backoffice... What you can find is the socio-demographics of everybody who dared to play [V]ote-auction. If you ask yourself if the numbers are real - that is an intelligent question - but has never been answered on the net. Neither can we answer it. You will have to be quick to access the site - we will put it into real legal context by November 8th. When the game is over, the players have to go home! [V] Statistics [Nov. 7th 2000, 3am CET] [] polls International poll: National poll: 63.3% gore 45.0% gore 14.3% bush 44.1% bush 22.4% nader 10.9% nader Vote-auction legal or illegal: 75.3% legal 09.4% illegal 15.3% dont know Would you rather go voting if you got paied for it: 70.0% yes 30.0% no [] Global media quick-stats Topic: numbers % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Mailingslists/newsgroups: 13,765 articles 75% Online-magazines: 898 articles 19% Print-magazines: 258 articles 03% Print-newspapers: 812 articles 24% TV-segments: 147 reports 03% Radio-segments: 231 reports 05% - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Press-archive under: http://62.116.31.68/news.htm [] Supporter quick-stats - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Emails received in the last 9 days 2451 Support sites 213 Attorneys offering their services 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- [] Legal quick-stats - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Civil-lawsuits filed against [V]ote-auction and related individuals and companies 18 General Attorney investigations running 15 Lawsuits by vote-auction against corenic.org 01 Legal documents received by postal services or via Fax [approx. 250 pounds] 112 kg - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- [V] Credits James Baumgartner ubermorgen.com RTMark.com SILVER SERVER / sil.at enemy.org joker.com hell.com thinkfactory.de pixelmassaker.com cnn.com etoyACTION.com ACLU.org For a list of support web-sites http://62.116.31.68/news.htm#support [V] Final note We wish all 3 candidates the best of luck for Election Day, and may the guy with the best looks - oops, sorry, the best ideas and intentions - win. Goodbye to you, you have been a great audience! For the Vote-auction team lizvlx hans_extrem the-woman-behind the-guy-who-gets-sued [V]ote-auction “To be or not to be! Just do it!" PLEASE NOTE: If you want to access Vote-auction via web or mail, please be sure to use the correct domain: pr@[62.116.31.68] http://62.116.31.68 We will not be able to receive messages sent to any of the old addresses. Thank you. [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] [] [] [] [V]ote-auction [] [] [] [] pr@[62.116.31.68] [] [] [] [] The Election Industry Leader - Bringing [] [] Capitalism & Democracy closer together [] [] [] [] _brought to you by ubermorgen.com [] [] [] [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] -- . . [V]ote-auction.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://62.116.31.68 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . email PR@[62.116.31.68]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . fax|at +43-1-9681022. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . bringing democracy and capitalism closer together! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . From voteauction@ubermorgen03.ubermorgen.com Mon Feb 12 15:05:47 2001 +0100 Return-Path: Delivered-To: liz@ubermorgen.com Received: (qmail 38865 invoked from network); 2 Nov 2000 06:23:49 -0000 Received: from 212186130182.15.vie.surfer.at (HELO ?192.168.0.12?) (@212.186.130.182) by www.etxtreme.ru with SMTP; 2 Nov 2000 06:23:49 -0000 X-Sender: voteauction@mail.ubermorgen.com (Unverified) Message-Id: Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 07:23:56 +0100 To: pr@[62.116.31.68] From: "[V]ote-auction PR" Subject: PRESS-RELEASE: illegal practice forces [V]ote-auction.com into using IP // TTTEST TEST!!! Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: TEST TEST!!!!! TTTT!!!! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -------------------------------------------------------- Vote-auction.com DNS-SHUTDOWN way too early! Auction will take place on Nov, 7th 2000, NEW features implemented! Alternative: illegal practice forces [V]ote-auction.com into using IP -------------------------------------------------------- Vienna/Berlin, November 2nd, 2000 Below you find the latest press release by [V]ote-auction: http://62.116.31.68 http://www.voteauction.at, [formerly Vote- auction.com and Voteauction.com]. You can also find this press release at http://62.116.31.68/pr_new.htm For any further information feel free to contact pr@[62.116.31.68] or in urgent cases call +49-175-2066954 or +43 676 930 00 61. ------------------------------------------------------- [V] Vote-auction.com ILLEGAL DNS-SHUTDOWN! Yesterday, 1st of November 2000, the domain Vote-auction.com has been illegally shut down by Internic, inofficially on a temporary injunction order of Cook County Illinois Court, without any notice to the Owner of Vote-auction.com. Our lawyers are currently investigating. We do know for sure that the domain was registered via a german Registrar and clearly the legal steps have not been taken. This is a VERLETZUNG of international. Top-Level domains are an international good and not owned by the United States of America. Therefore from an international point of view, it is clearly not legal to shut down DN-service this way. ICANN will be immediately informed and we are awaiting Instructions from our lawyers in order to give a go on filing the necessary law suits against the responsible institutions and companies. But luckily, this DNS-SHUTDOWN was not intelligentely timed. Due to this tactical mistake, Vote-auction.com will now be Online and reacheable to the voters and bidders under several domains and under the IP-Address controlled by a european institution: ripe.net. Therefore either THEY will shut down the whole Internet or arrest the whole US-population, OR, which is more likely, the auction will take place on Nov, 7th. If “they" waited until Nov, 7th, 6am to turn-off the DNS- service, “they" would have been successful in preventing the auction to happen. It seems that this mistake happened due to a lack of know how in terms of internet technology. [V] Vote-auction.com BACK UNDER: Vote-Auction is currently running under http://62.116.31.68 This is the safest address currently available. from November, 2nd, the following domains will shall active: http://www.voteauction.at [austrian domain] http://www.voteauction.cu [cuban domain] http://www.voteauction.ru [russian domain] and under the REALNAME: voteauction on any larger search-engine and various systems over the .net. additionally we have entered vote-auction.com in all major search-engines, so users can easily find it at any time in a very common and convenient way. Vote-auction can also be reached under: http://voteauction.enemy.org Vote-auction has issued a free speech support campaign in order to buy hundreds of vote-auction and voteauction domains or install sub-domains all pointing http://62.116.31.68 and Vote-auction is currently spreading the message via international and national media, via newsgroups, mailinglists and other forms of direct and mass media. Any voter or bidder will easily find Vote-auction! [V] Vote-auction.com ADDS NEW FEATURES Now to some really good news! Vote-auction, still the "Leader of the Election Industry" And the first mover in this field, has added various new Features: [] International polls In order to have an even stronger impact on the US- presidential election, Vote-auction.com has released several polls for national and international audiences. Vote-auction.com intends to involve a worldwide audience by polling their preference on Gore-Bush, a community poll will raise the Question wheter Vote-auction.com should be considered legal or Illegal, i.e. http://62.116.31.68/polls/ [] 1-CLICK-BIDDING FUNCTION In order to use our bidding section we have implemented a 1 click-bidding function with user-verification. This will help to ensure the validity of the bidders and will secure the bidders offer. http://62.116.31.68/check.php3 [] ALL NEW MESSAGE-BOARD, HEAVILY CROWDED To stimulate public reactions from the US but also the International audience. Find very interesting and controversial discussions under: http://62.116.31.68/forum/ [] EXTENDED PRESS-ARCHIVE, OVER 150 INTERNAT. NEWS-SEGMENTS Due to the massive response in the media, we have updated Our press-section to give you broad Information on how Vote-auction.com is featured and discussed in the press. Well over 150 press-clippings have been discovered by Our PR-department. http://62.116.31.68/news.htm [] ITS DIFFERENT BECAUSE ITS FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT the implementation of the final auctioning-software is currently under heavy development and shall be properly working for the auction, starting Nov. 7th, 2000, 6am EST, ending 9pm PST we expect heavy bidding action on Nov. 7th, the election day. Watch our Polls, watch other Polls, make your decision and participate in spinning this election into your prefered direction! [V] data due to our latest software-update, we can now issue the latest statistical data on sellers and bidders. http://62.116.31.68/check.php3 *current no. of sellers: 56.789 *update from November 2st, 2000, 3am CET Vote-auction.com has issued a variety of socio- demographic data and detailed flow-charts of the registered users. http://62.116.31.68/stats.htm [V] THE SOFTWARE-UPDATE, WHEN AND HOW WILL IT REALLY WORK ? the auctioning software is currently beeing implemented and should be up & properly running on Nov. 7th, 2000, 6am EST. All necessary information will be emailed and issued on the Web-Site prior to the actual auction taking place. We will not be able to issue any technical or any other details on the election-auction and related topics. We recommend anybody to join our platform in order to be part of this revolutionary concept of bringing capitalism and democracy closer together. The Vote-auction.com technical team is working 24/7 to make sure all transactions will be executed secure and within time. Users will be notified shortly before the launch of the final-phase of the auction. [V] Vote-auction DISCUSSED IN RUSSIAN DUMA ! Vote-auction was been informed by an independant source, that the platform has been an issue in a very heated parlamentary discussions in the russian duma. Russian politicians intend to send election observers to the US in order to ensure to the russian population that the US-elections are held under regular conditions. The Russians seem worried about the democratic process In the US and understand the worldwide impact of such Decisions. As one of the arguments why this is absolutely necessary, Vote-auction was mentioned several times in the discussion. [] Related links: - FAQ Federal Election Commission http://www.fec.gov/pages/faqs.htm - Russian Duma http://www.duma.gov.ru/ | http://www.duma.ru - Turning information resources into emotional capital. http://rtmark.com/voteauction.html [V] EX-OWNER OF Vote-auction CLAIMING HOAX ? Wired-news has issued 2 articles about the ex-owner of vote-auction.com claiming this was all a hoax and never intended to work in reality. Vote-auction.com has learned that the ex-owner has been under heavy pressure from federal and state- Authorities over the last weeks. Various critical voices have tried to influence Vote-auction in order to discredit the effort to bring this full capitalistic market-place to the american people. Vote-auction has been purchased by an austrian Holding company for business-purposes. The long-term prospects of this free, large-scaled, global market has stimulated interest and the company will continue to run this platform after Nov, 7th. The first ever public auction for the US-presidental election will take place on Nov. 7th, 2000. For broader information, please visit our Press-archive with well over 150 international and national press- clippings. http://62.116.31.68/news.htm For the Vote-auction team: Liz Vlx [V]ote-auction PR PLEASE NOTE: If you want to access Vote-auction via web or mail, please be sure to use the correct domain: pr@[62.116.31.68] http://62.116.31.68 http://www.voteauction.at We will not be able to receive messages sent to any of the old addresses. Thank you. [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] [] [] [] [V]ote-auction [] [] [] [] pr@[62.116.31.68] [] [] [] [] The Election Industry Leader - Bringing [] [] Capitalism & Democracy closer together [] [] [] [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] From voteauction@ubermorgen03.ubermorgen.com Mon Feb 12 15:05:47 2001 +0100 Return-Path: Delivered-To: liz@ubermorgen.com Received: (qmail 38958 invoked from network); 2 Nov 2000 06:37:10 -0000 Received: from 212186130182.15.vie.surfer.at (HELO ?192.168.0.12?) (@212.186.130.182) by www.etxtreme.ru with SMTP; 2 Nov 2000 06:37:10 -0000 X-Sender: voteauction@mail.ubermorgen.com (Unverified) Message-Id: Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 07:37:32 +0100 To: pr@[62.116.31.68] From: "[V]ote-auction PR" Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Vote-auction victim to ILLEGAL DNS-SHUTDOWN Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -------------------------------------------------------- Vote-auction victim to ILLEGAL DNS-SHUTDOWN -------------------------------------------------------- Vienna/Berlin, November 2nd, 2000, 7 am CET Below you find the latest press release by [V]ote-auction: http://62.116.31.68 http://www.voteauction.at http://www.voteauction.de [formerly Vote-auction.com and Voteauction.com]. You can also find this press release at http://62.116.31.68/pr.htm For any further information feel free to contact pr@[62.116.31.68] or in urgent cases call our ubermorgen.com hotlines: berlin +49-175-2066954 vienna +43 676 9300061 ------------------------------------------------------- [V] Vote-auction victim to ILLEGAL DNS-SHUTDOWN [V]ote-auction, the only platform worldwide allowing end-consumers to take part in the U.S. election industry [formerly called soft "money"], falls again victim to a repressive campaign against free speech. Yesterday, 1st of November 2000, the domain Vote-auction.com got illegally shut down by InterNIC. InterNIC is the central institution located in the U.S. where all domain name service records for the .com/.net/.org are stored. We, and neither our providers have received any notification about this action at all, nor have we been informed of any legal documents which would allow for such a step. Up to this moment, InterNIC is declining comment on the issue. [V] Why was the domain shut down in this way? Our first domain, voteauction.com, was registered with a dns-registry located in the u.s. Our "late" domain, vote-auction.com, however, was registered via a company located in germany, i.e. outside of U.S. jurisdiction. This is why, appearantly, some-one in the U.S., probably parties from the Chicago law suit where vote-auction.com is named as a defendant, decided to just forget about legal proceedings, and went directly to InterNIC, ignoring inter- national law. [V] What will happen to [V]ote-auction now? Our lawyers are currently investigating, as you might imagine. Furthermore, we have discussed the issue with newly-elected ICANN board director Andy Mueller-Maguhn, who commented the issue with "I guess, we will have to do something about this". A colleague of his called it "it is absolutely clear that this is plain outrageous". On a more practical level, we are reachable via our IP - our new url is: http://62.116.31.68 Using the IP address will finally give us full protection against any further actions against our site, as IP addresses are not dependant on domain name services. Luckily, this DNS-SHUTDOWN was not intelligentely timed. Due to our "opponents" lazy tactics, Vote-auction.com will now definitely be online and reachable to the public on election-day via several domains and under the IP-Address controlled by a european institution: ripe.net. on a funny note, one could say that now they either have to shut down the whole Internet or arrest the whole US- population, OR, which is more likely, our site will stay functional and online. [V] Vote-auction.com BACK UNDER: Thanks to the incredible work of our dear provider SILVER SERVER [www.sil.at], we were able to get back online fast and are now reachable at: http://62.116.31.68 This is the safest address currently available. Vote-auction can also be reached under: http://voteauction.enemy.org Vote-auction has issued a free speech support campaign in order to buy hundreds of vote-auction and voteauction domains or install sub-domains all pointing to: http://62.116.31.68 from November, 2nd, the following domains shall be active: http://www.voteauction.at [austrian domain] http://www.voteauction.de [germany, thx to think-factory.de] http://www.voteauction.cu [cuban domain] http://www.voteauction.ru [russian domain] http://www.vote-auction.net http://www.voteauction.org Vote-auction is currently spreading the message via international and national media, via newsgroups, mailinglists, search engines and other forms of direct and mass media. Anybody worldwide will easily find Vote-auction! [V] Vote-auction.com ADDS NEW FEATURES Now to some really good news! Vote-auction, still the "Leader of the Election Industry" And the first mover in this field, has added various new Features: [] Updated figures, automated processes Our new software has allowed us to verify the numbers which have been in the system so far. We have cleared out all double and fake entries and can now provide you with live, real-time rendered data: http://62.116.31.68/check.php3 *current no. of sellers: 56.789 [] International polls In order to showcase the US-presidential election even better, Vote-auction has released several polls for national and international audiences. Vote-auction intends to involve a worldwide audience by polling their preferences on "Gore-Bush-Nader", a community poll will raise the Question whether Vote-auction.com should be considered "legal or Illegal", and the most important questions of all - "Would you rather go voting if you received money for it?". Find the polls at: http://62.116.31.68/polls/ [] 1-CLICK-BIDDING FUNCTION In order to use our bidding section we have implemented a 1-click-bidding function with user-verification. This will help ensuring the authenticity of the bidders and will secure the bidders offer. Find the bid-check section: http://62.116.31.68/check.php3 [] ALL NEW MESSAGE-BOARD, HEAVILY CROWDED To stimulate public reactions from the US but also the International audience. Find very interesting and controversial discussions at: http://62.116.31.68/forum/ [] EXTENDED PRESS-ARCHIVE, OVER 200 INTERNAT. NEWS-SEGMENTS Due to the massive response in the media, we have updated our press-section to give you broad Information on how Vote-auction.com is featured and discussed in the press. Well over 200 e-press-clippings have been discovered by our PR-department: http://62.116.31.68/news.htm [V] Final note We want to end this press release with a quote from chief counsel to the California secretary of state, Bill, who seems to have a somewhat "personal" view on free speech: "whether this is a parody [...] that this man is running, it makes absolutely no difference whatsoever in California. [...] because we are talking about the corruption of the voting process." Source: CNN, "Burden of Proof", Oct 24 2000 http://www.cnn.com/video/burden/2000/10/24/show.rm80.ram Appearantely, there are other individuals and/or authorities, who share his viewpoint - we have just received notice of further lawsuits filed in the states of Wisconsin and Missouri by their respective Attorney Generals. For the Vote-auction team: lizvlx [V]ote-auction PR PLEASE NOTE: If you want to access Vote-auction via web or mail, please be sure to use the correct domain: pr@[62.116.31.68] http://62.116.31.68 http://www.voteauction.at We will not be able to receive messages sent to any of the old addresses. Thank you. [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] [] [] [] [V]ote-auction [] [] [] [] pr@[62.116.31.68] [] [] [] [] The Election Industry Leader - Bringing [] [] Capitalism & Democracy closer together [] [] [] [] _brought to you by ubermorgen.com [] [] [] [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] From voteauction@ubermorgen03.ubermorgen.com Mon Feb 12 15:06:01 2001 +0100 Return-Path: Delivered-To: voteauction@www.etxtreme.ru Received: (qmail 39354 invoked by alias); 2 Nov 2000 07:34:27 -0000 Delivered-To: pr@www.etxtreme.ru Received: (qmail 39344 invoked from network); 2 Nov 2000 07:34:26 -0000 Received: from 212186130182.15.vie.surfer.at (HELO ?192.168.0.12?) (@212.186.130.182) by www.etxtreme.ru with SMTP; 2 Nov 2000 07:34:26 -0000 X-Sender: voteauction@mail.ubermorgen.com (Unverified) Message-Id: Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 08:34:40 +0100 To: pr@[62.116.31.68] From: "[V]ote-auction PR" Subject: Vote-auction falls victim to ILLEGAL DNS-SHUTDOWN [PRESS RELEASE] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -------------------------------------------------------- Vote-auction falls victim to ILLEGAL DNS-SHUTDOWN -------------------------------------------------------- Vienna/Berlin, November 2nd, 2000, 7 am CET Below you find the latest press release by [V]ote-auction: http://62.116.31.68 http://www.voteauction.at http://www.voteauction.de [formerly Vote-auction.com and Voteauction.com]. You can also find this press release at http://62.116.31.68/pr.htm For any further information feel free to contact pr@[62.116.31.68] or in urgent cases call our ubermorgen.com hotlines: berlin +49-175-2066954 vienna +43 676 9300061 ------------------------------------------------------- [V] Vote-auction falls victim to ILLEGAL DNS-SHUTDOWN [V]ote-auction, the only platform worldwide allowing end-consumers to take part in the U.S. election industry [formerly called "soft money"], falls again victim to a repressive campaign against free speech. Yesterday, 1st of November 2000, the domain Vote-auction.com got illegally shut down by InterNIC. InterNIC is the central institution located in the U.S. where all domain name service records for the .com/.net/.org are stored. We, and neither our providers have received any notification about this action at all, nor have we been informed of any legal documents which would allow for such a step. Up to this moment, InterNIC is declining comment on the issue. [V] Why was the domain shut down in this way? Our first domain, voteauction.com, was registered with a dns-registry located in the U.S. Our "late" domain, vote-auction.com, however, was registered via a company located in Germany, i.e. outside of U.S. jurisdiction. This is why, appearantly, some-one in the U.S., probably parties from the Chicago law suit where vote-auction.com is named as a defendant, decided to just forget about legal proceedings, and went directly to InterNIC, ignoring inter- national law. [V] What will happen to [V]ote-auction now? Our lawyers are currently investigating, as you might imagine. Furthermore, we have discussed the issue with newly-elect ICANN board director Andy Mueller-Maguhn, who commented the issue with "I guess, we will have to do something about this". A colleague of his called it "it is absolutely clear that this is plain outrageous". On a more practical level, we are reachable via our IP - our new url is: http://62.116.31.68 Using the IP address will finally give us full protection against any further actions against our site, as IP addresses are not dependant on domain name services. Luckily, this DNS-SHUTDOWN was not intelligentely timed. Due to our "opponents'" lazy tactics, Vote-auction.com will now definitely be online and reachable to the public on Election Day via several domains and under the IP-Address controlled by a european institution: ripe.net. On a funny note, one could say that now they either have to shut down the whole Internet or arrest the whole US- population, OR, which is more likely, our site will stay functional and online. [V] [V]ote-auction is BACK UNDER Thanks to the incredible work of our dear provider SILVER SERVER [www.sil.at], we were able to get back online fast and are now reachable at: http://62.116.31.68 This is the safest address currently available. Vote-auction can also be reached under: http://voteauction.enemy.org Vote-auction has issued a free speech support campaign in order to gather hundreds of vote-auction and voteauction domains or install sub-domains all pointing to: http://62.116.31.68 From November, 2nd, the following domains shall be active: http://www.voteauction.at [Austrian domain] http://www.voteauction.de [Germany, thx to think-factory.de] http://www.voteauction.cu [Cuban domain] http://www.voteauction.ru [Russian domain] http://www.vote-auction.net http://www.vote-auction.org [V] Vote-auction.com ADDS NEW FEATURES Now to some really good news! Vote-auction, still the "Leader of the Election Industry", and the first mover in this field, has added various new features: [] Updated figures, automated processes Our new software has allowed us to verify the numbers which have been in the system so far. We have cleared out all double and fake entries and can now provide you with live, real-time rendered data: http://62.116.31.68/check.php3 *current no. of sellers: 56.789 [] International polls In order to showcase the US-presidential election even better, Vote-auction has released several polls for national and international audiences. Vote-auction intends to involve a worldwide audience by polling their preferences on "Gore-Bush-Nader", a community poll will raise the Question whether Vote-auction.com should be considered "legal or Illegal", and the most important question of all - "Would you rather go voting if you received money for it?". Find the polls at: http://62.116.31.68/index00.htm [] 1-CLICK-BIDDING function In order to use our bidding section we have implemented a 1-click-bidding function with user-verification. This will help ensuring the authenticity of the bidders and will secure the bidders' offer. Find the bid-check section: http://62.116.31.68/check.php3 [] ALL NEW MESSAGE-BOARD, heavily crowded Created to stimulate public reaction from the U.S., but also the international audiences, you will now find our message board crowded and full with interesting and controversial discussions: http://62.116.31.68/forum/ [] Extended PRESS-ARCHIVE, over 200 internat. news-segments Due to the massive response in the media, we have updated our press-section providing you with broad information on how Vote-auction is featured and discussed in the press. Well over 200 e-press-clippings have been discovered by our PR-department: http://62.116.31.68/news.htm [V] Final note We want to end this press release with a quote from chief counsel to the California secretary of state, Bill Jones, who seems to have a somewhat "personal" view on free speech: "whether this is a parody [...] that this man is running, it makes absolutely no difference whatsoever in California. [...] because you are talking about the corruption of the voting process." Source: CNN, "Burden of Proof", Oct 24 2000 http://www.cnn.com/video/burden/2000/10/24/show.rm80.ram Appearantely, there are other individuals and/or authorities, who share his viewpoint. We have just received notice of further lawsuits filed in the states of Wisconsin and Missouri by their respective Attorney Generals. For the Vote-auction team: lizvlx [V]ote-auction PR PLEASE NOTE: If you want to access Vote-auction via web or mail, please be sure to use the correct domain: pr@[62.116.31.68] http://62.116.31.68 http://www.voteauction.at We will not be able to receive messages sent to any of the old addresses. Thank you. [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] [] [] [] [V]ote-auction [] [] [] [] pr@[62.116.31.68] [] [] [] [] The Election Industry Leader - Bringing [] [] Capitalism & Democracy closer together [] [] [] [] _brought to you by ubermorgen.com [] [] [] [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] From voteauction@ubermorgen03.ubermorgen.com Thu Nov 2 06:09:32 2000 +0100 Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 06:09:32 +0100 From: liz@ubermorgen03.ubermorgen.com Subject: /usr/home/nopriv/voteauction/pressrelease MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -------------------------------------------------------- Vote-auction victim to ILLEGAL DNS-SHUTDOWN -------------------------------------------------------- Vienna/Berlin, November 2nd, 2000 Below you find the latest press release by [V]ote-auction: http://62.116.31.68 http://www.voteauction.at [formerly Vote-auction.com and Voteauction.com]. You can also find this press release at http://62.116.31.68/pr_new.htm For any further information feel free to contact pr@[62.116.31.68] or in urgent cases call berlin +49-175-2066954 vienna +43 676 9300061 ------------------------------------------------------- [V] Vote-auction victim to ILLEGAL DNS-SHUTDOWN [V]ote-auction, the only platform worldwide allowing end-consumers to take part in the U.S. election industry [formerly called "soft money"], falls again victim to a repressive campaign against free speech. Yesterday, 1st of November 2000, the domain Vote-auction.com got illegally shut down by InterNIC. InterNIC is the central institution located in the U.S. where all domain name service records for the .com/.net/.org are stored. We, and neither our providers have received any notification about this action at all, nor have we been informed of any legal documents which would allow for such a step. Up to this moment, InterNIC is declining comment on the issue. [V] Why was the domain shut down in this way? Our first domain, voteauction.com, was registered with a dns-registry located in the u.s. Our "late" domain, vote-auction.com, however, was registered via a company located in germany, i.e. outside of U.S. jurisdiction. This is why, appearantly, some-one in the U.S., probably parties from the Chicago law suit where vote-auction.com is named as a defendant, decided to just forget about legal proceedings, and went directly to InterNIC, ignoring inter- national law. [V] What will happen to [V]ote-auction now? Our lawyers are currently investigating, as you might imagine. Furthermore, we have discussed the issue with newly-elect ICANN board director Andy Mueller-Maguhn, who commented the issue with "I guess, we will have to do something about this". A colleague of his called it "it is absolutely clear that this is plain outrageous". On a more practical level, we are reachable via our IP Ð our new url is: http://62.116.31.68 Using the IP address will finally give us full protection against any further actions against our site, as IP addresses are not dependant on domain name services. Luckily, this DNS-SHUTDOWN was not intelligentely timed. Due to our "opponents" lazy tactics, Vote-auction.com will now definitely be online and reachable to the public via several domains and under the IP-Address controlled by a european institution: ripe.net. on a funny note, one could say that now they either have to shut down the whole Internet or arrest the whole US- population, OR, which is more likely, our site will be back online. [V] Vote-auction.com BACK UNDER: Vote-Auction is reachable at http://62.116.31.68 This is the safest address currently available. from November, 2nd, the following domains will shall active: http://www.voteauction.at [austrian domain] http://www.voteauction.cu [cuban domain] http://www.voteauction.ru [russian domain] http://www.vote-auction.net http://www.voteauction.org Vote-auction can also be reached under: http://voteauction.enemy.org Vote-auction has issued a free speech support campaign in order to buy hundreds of vote-auction and voteauction domains or install sub-domains all pointing to: http://62.116.31.68 Vote-auction is currently spreading the message via international and national media, via newsgroups, mailinglists and other forms of direct and mass media. Anybody worldwide will easily find Vote-auction! [V] Vote-auction.com ADDS NEW FEATURES Now to some really good news! Vote-auction, still the "Leader of the Election Industry" And the first mover in this field, has added various new Features: [] Updated figures, automated processes Our new software has allowed us to verify the numbers Which have been in the system so far. We have cleared Out all double and fake entries and can now provide You with live, real-time rendered data: http://62.116.31.68/check.php3 *current no. of sellers: 56.789 [] International polls In order to showcase the US-presidential election even better, Vote-auction has released several polls for national and international audiences. Vote-auction intends to involve a worldwide audience by polling their preferences on Gore-Bush-Nader, a community poll will raise the Question whether Vote-auction.com should be considered legal or Illegal, and the most important questions of all Ð "Would you rather go voting if you received money for it?". Find the polls at: http://62.116.31.68/polls/ [] 1-CLICK-BIDDING FUNCTION In order to use our bidding section we have implemented a 1-click-bidding function with user-verification. This will help ensuring the authenticity of the bidders and will secure the bidders offer. Find the bid-check section: http://62.116.31.68/check.php3 [] ALL NEW MESSAGE-BOARD, HEAVILY CROWDED To stimulate public reactions from the US but also the International audience. Find very interesting and controversial discussions at: http://62.116.31.68/forum/ [] EXTENDED PRESS-ARCHIVE, OVER 150 INTERNAT. NEWS-SEGMENTS Due to the massive response in the media, we have updated Our press-section to give you broad Information on how Vote-auction.com is featured and discussed in the press. Well over 150 e-press-clippings have been discovered by Our PR-department: http://62.116.31.68/news.htm For the Vote-auction team: Lizvlx [V]ote-auction PR PLEASE NOTE: If you want to access Vote-auction via web or mail, please be sure to use the correct domain: pr@[62.116.31.68] http://62.116.31.68 http://www.voteauction.at We will not be able to receive messages sent to any of the old addresses. Thank you. [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] [] [] [] [V]ote-auction [] [] [] [] pr@[62.116.31.68] [] [] [] [] The Election Industry Leader - Bringing [] [] Capitalism & Democracy closer together [] [] [] [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] From voteauction@ubermorgen03.ubermorgen.com Mon Feb 12 15:05:45 2001 +0100 Return-Path: Delivered-To: liz@ubermorgen.com Received: (qmail 38917 invoked from network); 2 Nov 2000 06:32:12 -0000 Received: from 212186130182.15.vie.surfer.at (HELO ?192.168.0.12?) (@212.186.130.182) by www.etxtreme.ru with SMTP; 2 Nov 2000 06:32:12 -0000 X-Sender: voteauction@mail.ubermorgen.com (Unverified) Message-Id: Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 07:32:34 +0100 To: pr@[62.116.31.68] From: "[V]ote-auction PR" Subject: PRESS-RELEASE: Vote-auction victim to ILLEGAL DNS-SHUTDOWN Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -------------------------------------------------------- Vote-auction victim to ILLEGAL DNS-SHUTDOWN -------------------------------------------------------- Vienna/Berlin, November 2nd, 2000, 8 am CET Below you find the latest press release by [V]ote-auction: http://62.116.31.68 http://www.voteauction.at http://www.voteauction.de [formerly Vote-auction.com and Voteauction.com]. You can also find this press release at http://62.116.31.68/pr.htm For any further information feel free to contact pr@[62.116.31.68] or in urgent cases call our ubermorgen.com hotlines: berlin +49-175-2066954 vienna +43 676 9300061 ------------------------------------------------------- [V] Vote-auction victim to ILLEGAL DNS-SHUTDOWN [V]ote-auction, the only platform worldwide allowing end-consumers to take part in the U.S. election industry [formerly called “soft money"], falls again victim to a repressive campaign against free speech. Yesterday, 1st of November 2000, the domain Vote-auction.com got illegally shut down by InterNIC. InterNIC is the central institution located in the U.S. where all domain name service records for the .com/.net/.org are stored. We, and neither our providers have received any notification about this action at all, nor have we been informed of any legal documents which would allow for such a step. Up to this moment, InterNIC is declining comment on the issue. [V] Why was the domain shut down in this way? Our first domain, voteauction.com, was registered with a dns-registry located in the u.s. Our “late" domain, vote-auction.com, however, was registered via a company located in germany, i.e. outside of U.S. jurisdiction. This is why, appearantly, some-one in the U.S., probably parties from the Chicago law suit where vote-auction.com is named as a defendant, decided to just forget about legal proceedings, and went directly to InterNIC, ignoring inter- national law. [V] What will happen to [V]ote-auction now? Our lawyers are currently investigating, as you might imagine. Furthermore, we have discussed the issue with newly-elected ICANN board director Andy Mueller-Maguhn, who commented the issue with “I guess, we will have to do something about this". A colleague of his called it “it is absolutely clear that this is plain outrageous". On a more practical level, we are reachable via our IP - our new url is: http://62.116.31.68 Using the IP address will finally give us full protection against any further actions against our site, as IP addresses are not dependant on domain name services. Luckily, this DNS-SHUTDOWN was not intelligentely timed. Due to our “opponents" lazy tactics, Vote-auction.com will now definitely be online and reachable to the public on election-day via several domains and under the IP-Address controlled by a european institution: ripe.net. on a funny note, one could say that now they either have to shut down the whole Internet or arrest the whole US- population, OR, which is more likely, our site will stay functional and online. [V] Vote-auction.com BACK UNDER: Thanks to the incredible work of our dear provider SILVER SERVER [www.sil.at], we were able to get back online fast and are now reachable at: http://62.116.31.68 This is the safest address currently available. Vote-auction can also be reached under: http://voteauction.enemy.org Vote-auction has issued a free speech support campaign in order to buy hundreds of vote-auction and voteauction domains or install sub-domains all pointing to: http://62.116.31.68 from November, 2nd, the following domains shall be active: http://www.voteauction.at [austrian domain] http://www.voteauction.de [germany, thx to think-factory.de] http://www.voteauction.cu [cuban domain] http://www.voteauction.ru [russian domain] http://www.vote-auction.net http://www.voteauction.org Vote-auction is currently spreading the message via international and national media, via newsgroups, mailinglists, search engines and other forms of direct and mass media. Anybody worldwide will easily find Vote-auction! [V] Vote-auction.com ADDS NEW FEATURES Now to some really good news! Vote-auction, still the "Leader of the Election Industry" And the first mover in this field, has added various new Features: [] Updated figures, automated processes Our new software has allowed us to verify the numbers which have been in the system so far. We have cleared out all double and fake entries and can now provide you with live, real-time rendered data: http://62.116.31.68/check.php3 *current no. of sellers: 56.789 [] International polls In order to showcase the US-presidential election even better, Vote-auction has released several polls for national and international audiences. Vote-auction intends to involve a worldwide audience by polling their preferences on “Gore-Bush-Nader", a community poll will raise the Question whether Vote-auction.com should be considered “legal or Illegal", and the most important questions of all - “Would you rather go voting if you received money for it?". Find the polls at: http://62.116.31.68/polls/ [] 1-CLICK-BIDDING FUNCTION In order to use our bidding section we have implemented a 1-click-bidding function with user-verification. This will help ensuring the authenticity of the bidders and will secure the bidders offer. Find the bid-check section: http://62.116.31.68/check.php3 [] ALL NEW MESSAGE-BOARD, HEAVILY CROWDED To stimulate public reactions from the US but also the International audience. Find very interesting and controversial discussions at: http://62.116.31.68/forum/ [] EXTENDED PRESS-ARCHIVE, OVER 200 INTERNAT. NEWS-SEGMENTS Due to the massive response in the media, we have updated our press-section to give you broad Information on how Vote-auction.com is featured and discussed in the press. Well over 200 e-press-clippings have been discovered by our PR-department: http://62.116.31.68/news.htm [V] Final note We want to end this press release with a quote from chief counsel to the California secretary of state, Bill, who seems to have a somewhat “personal" view on free speech: “whether this is a parody [...] that this man is running, it makes absolutely no difference whatsoever in California. [...] because we are talking about the corruption of the voting process." Source: CNN, “Burden of Proof", Oct 24 2000 http://www.cnn.com/video/burden/2000/10/24/show.rm80.ram Appearantely, there are other individuals and/or authorities, who share his viewpoint - we have just received notice of further lawsuits filed in the states of Wisconsin and Missouri by their respective Attorney Generals. 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