Legal Issues with Domain Owner

I have a really important question..

I use to own a Pay per click website and I sold it to another owner who later stop paying users on the site. So the site basically became a scam site. Okay, now another site that reviews Pay per click sites still have my name on their review site saying that I am the owner! I have contacted them saying that they should update the name to reflect the new owner but the webmaster who runs the site did this instead..

Owner/Alias: "New owner's name" 2nd owner | "my name " of USA 1st owner

The domain whois even shows the new owner's name but the admin says that I need to pay the users of the site before he can take my name down from the site.. What can i do?

 

He is providing false information and you can prove that you are not the owner. Look up the guy that owns this website on the whois records and post him a formal letter asking for the false information concerning you to be taken off of his website or you will take legal action. What country are you in? I will look up these laws for you... make sure you also reference the specific laws that apply in your letter.

 

I live in the U.S. I also ready send me a friendly letter months ago and that was when he put my name as second owner.. Actually, my name is crossed with a one horizontal line. The text editor here took that off..

 

I understand you may not like me asking this because of obvious reasons but can you please PM me the domain name of said review site?

 

So this is wrong for the webmaster correct?

 

If you have anything to prove that he bought the site from you and he has a full ownership of it, there's nothing to worry about. If you have emails going back and forth, any other correspondence, any signed contract, a paypal payment, etc. to prove your are not the owner, just ask him to remove your name completely and tell him you will sue him if he doesn't.

You can also make an official post somewhere online, explaining that you are not the owner of the site and you can't be held accountable for the fraudulent actions of the new owner. When someone will be looking for more info regarding this they will stumble across your post. You should mention the domain name, the name of the new owner and the issue that you are dealing with. Google will index it and since it's a unique information, your post will be easily found.

 

Thanks for all the information. I do have prove showing that the website was auction on ebay and sold. The listing is still live on ebay! I have contact the hosting provider explaining the issue that I want my name taken down.