COS registers Marty & Mike Domain Names, causing consumer confusion.

[Kha Khan]

The Church of Scientology (COS) Religious Technology Center (RTC) has registered domain names for Mark "Marty" Rathbun and Mike Rinder, causing consumer confusion.

TL;DR version: The COS has registered domain names for Marty and Mike. This is very important because an Independent Scientologist has already mistakenly sent e-mail to a person who they believed to be Marty via one of these sites.

From Moving On Up a Little Higher (Marty's blog): David Miscavige wants to be like Mike:

David Miscavige wants to be like Mike
June 25, 2010 · 59 Comments

Or, does he just want to be Mini-Me?

I guess you all can weigh in on which way it is.

Miscavige is so hard up for valences apparently that he is attempting to buy the identities of Mike Rinder, Michael Rinder, Marty Rathbun and Mark Rathbun.

According to documents lodged with Wikileaks, the C of M has purchased the following domain names:

http://marty.rathbun.name
http://martyrathbun.com
http://martyrathbun.info
http://martyrathbun.name
http://martyrathbun.net
http://martyrathbun.org
http://markrathbun.com
http://markrathbun.info
http://markrathbun.name
http://markrathbun.net
http://markrathbun.org
http://markrathbun.us
http://rathbun.info
http://rathbun.marty.name
http://rathbun.us
http://rathbunmark.com
http://rathbunmark.info
http://rathbunmark.name
http://rathbunmark.net
http://rathbunmark.org
http://rathbunmark.us
http://rathbunmarty.com
http://rathbunmarty.info
http://rathbunmarty.name
http://rathbunmarty.net
http://rathbunmarty.org
http://rathbunmarty.us

http://mike.rinder.name
http://mikerinder.com
http://mikerinder.info
http://mikerinder.name
http://mikerinder.net
http://mikerinder.org
http://mikerinder.us
http://rinder.mike.name
http://rindermichael.com
http://rindermichael.info
http://rindermichael.name
http://rindermichael.net
http://rindermichael.org
http://rindermichael.us
http://rindermike.com
http://rindermike.info
http://rindermike.name
http://rindermike.net
http://rindermike.org
http://rindermike.us

I am not going to connect all the dots at this point for strategic reasons, but I predict this type of over-reaching is going to wind up biting the greedy one in the posterior in a big way, a little further on up the road. He doesn’t get it, because criminals cannot conceive of the consequences of their acts.

In the meantime, maybe he’ll start up another half dozen anti-M and M sites – their presence has done wonders for our visits; just as his inane Freedom magazines and videos did.

More info from a comment:

Ackerland // June 25, 2010 at 6:13 pm | Reply

Wikileak’s documents seem to be accurate.
I have checked the whois records for a few domains listed here, the registrar is each and every time:

Registrant ID:C2280105-LRMS
Registrant Name:Religious Technology Center
Registrant Organization:Religious Technology Center
Registrant Street1:1710 Ivar Avenue
Registrant Street2:Suite 1100
Registrant Street3:
Registrant City:Los Angeles
Registrant State/Province:CA
Registrant Postal Code:90028
Registrant Country:US
Registrant Phone:+1.3236633258
Registrant Phone Ext.:
Registrant FAX:
Registrant FAX Ext.:
Registrant Email:[email protected]

And at least one reason this is important:

MissBridgett // June 25, 2010 at 3:22 pm | Reply

Oh just great! I think I already wrote to YOU Marty…via one of these other weblinks. What a novel idea (not really, should have expected it…basic counter-intel strategy)… as a way to gather info/intel and deseminate false data and BlackPR while pretending to be you and Mr. Rinder.

Oh brother! Or is that Big Brother??? Geepers, I just make mistakes all over the place…must be because I am ‘PTSa’ to an SP with the initials DM…although I have ‘disconnected’…somehow there seems to be a alot of ‘turbulance’…not only on the internet but even in the air…I just feel it today…besides the fact that my computer is acting like it has the flu…dagnabit!

Marty, thanks for letting us know this…
ARC,
MissBridgett ~with her knickers in a twist

WWP Thread: COS registers Marty & Mike Domain Names, causing consumer confusion.

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[Personal Integrity]

I knew all that fundrasing would come to good use.

 

[FoTi]

I wonder if this info would help with the ongoing investigatory activities in Australia? Or maybe the media over there would like to have this for their next uncoverings of the wierdnesses of the Church of Scientology. It would be good to put this info out over the tele news waves, as well as the internet.

 

[chipgallo]

There is an arbitration process for yanking cyber squatters off a domain. Those ScienCorp hooligans are truly desperate and don't have a leg to stand on with this one. Just the shear quantity of stolen domains will impress the panel into a decision. Of course IANAL.

See http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/rules/

 

[SchwimmelPuckel]

Well, they forgot to register Mike & Marty's cute nicknames.. They'll have to ask their wives for them.. Now that I have reminded them, I expect them to correct the error immediatly!

 

[Zinjifar]

inchwives.com is still available

Zinj

 

[SchwimmelPuckel]

But perhaps Mike & Marty's wives will not tell.. Such a domain-name could be a secret comm-line one day..

Oh.. I realize that responsible ethics officers will have to sec-check the wives until they give up those bedroom names.. Gawd! - I may have caused some trouble!!

 

[Dulloldfart]

Has the CofS yet flung up anything onto those sites? I checked the most obvious one, www.martyrathbun.com, and found nothing there beyond a domain registrar's default page.

Paul

 

[chipgallo]

Isn't it ominous when former members have their identities stolen by the so-called church they left? Has this happened outside Scn? The "out PR" alone seems to negate any short term operational advantage.

What the hey. It is ScienCorp's doom rushing toward them a bit faster.

 

[FoTi]

inchwives.com is still available

Zinj

 

[AnonSunshine]

Those registration are a proof of David Miscarriage madness.

 

[Kha Khan]

As noted above, at least one reason this is important:

MissBridgett // June 25, 2010 at 3:22 pm | Reply

Oh just great! I think I already wrote to YOU Marty…via one of these other weblinks. What a novel idea (not really, should have expected it…basic counter-intel strategy)… as a way to gather info/intel and deseminate false data and BlackPR while pretending to be you and Mr. Rinder.

Oh brother! Or is that Big Brother??? Geepers, I just make mistakes all over the place…must be because I am ‘PTSa’ to an SP with the initials DM…although I have ‘disconnected’…somehow there seems to be a alot of ‘turbulance’…not only on the internet but even in the air…I just feel it today…besides the fact that my computer is acting like it has the flu…dagnabit!

Marty, thanks for letting us know this…
ARC,
MissBridgett ~with her knickers in a twist

My response on Marty's blog to MissBridgett on the subject:

Kha Khan // June 25, 2010 at 7:39 pm | Reply

MissBridgett,

Your warning is obviously very important so that other people do not fall into the same trap. It is also important because it is evidence of consumer confusion which, if I am not mistaken, is relevant in a proceeding to set aside a domain name registration.

Your statement that your “computer is acting like it has the flu” is a cause for concern. It is possible that when you visited the fake site your computer was infected with a virus or trojan. As a result, your computer and the data thereon (e-mail, correspondence, etc.) may have been compromised. It is also possible that ALL of your computer communications (e-mail, IM, chat, etc.) may be monitored.

As a result, I respectfully suggest you consider disconnecting your computer from the Internet until you can have someone thoroughly check your computer for viruses, trojans, etc.

Finally, I’ve cross-posted your warning to the Ex Scientologist Message Board (ESMB) and Why We Protest (WWP), the home of Anonymous on the web, so that others do not fall into the same trap:

ESMB:
COS registers Marty & Mike Domain Names, causing consumer confusion
http://www.forum.exscn.net/showthread.php?t=18859

WWP:
COS registers Marty & Mike Domain Names, causing consumer confusion
http://forums.whyweprotest.net/325-mark-marty-rathbun/cos-registers-marty-mike-domain-names-causing-consumer-confusion-68568/

– Kha Khan

 

[Kha Khan]

Another warning from Marty's blog:

Jonathon Barbera // June 25, 2010 at 9:28 pm | Reply

Be careful of visiting anti-Marty sites!

After leaving several comments on Minerva’s anti-Marty site to question the logic of her articles, she COMPLETELY changed at least three of my comments and posted them as though I agreed with her!

Jonathan even made a video with nice dramatic music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nefuj5dLyAw

 

[skollie]

The Church of Scientology (COS) Religious Technology Center (RTC) has registered domain names for Mark "Marty" Rathbun and Mike Rinder, causing consumer confusion.

TL;DR version: The COS has registered domain names for Marty and Mike. This is very important because an Independent Scientologist has already mistakenly sent e-mail to a person who they believed to be Marty via one of these sites.

From Moving On Up a Little Higher (Marty's blog): David Miscavige wants to be like Mike:

More info from a comment:

And at least one reason this is important:

WWP Thread: COS registers Marty & Mike Domain Names, causing consumer confusion.

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Just another bit of bullshit to get the troops rallying around him. These domains were registered in 2002 and I really doubt that he wasn't aware of it. I''m checking the sites (still going through the list) but all so far, are not active so I'm confused by the person who says they send email to Marty at one of them.

 

[Wisened One]

Those registration are a proof of David Miscarriage madness.

YEP!!! This needs to be posted everywhere!! (online). Bet Xenophon might
be interested in DM's use of this strategy too....

 

[pebbles]

Look and you'll get a virus? Probable?

Just another bit of bullshit to get the troops rallying around him. These domains were registered in 2002 and I really doubt that he wasn't aware of it. I''m checking the sites (still going through the list) but all so far, are not active so I'm confused by the person who says they send email to Marty at one of them.

I agree and though the COS undeniably is involved- the part about someone's computer acting funny after visiting a site- struck me as odd.

Kha Khan- You are great and your advice was correct if what was posted actually happened- but I am concerned that Marty is using the whole "don't look" policy under the guise that "you'll get a virus."

I'm just not liking the way this all sounds. Reminds me too much of pneumonia...

Just my thoughts

 

[Just An Observer]

The next step will be finding a lost LRH policy letter which requires every Scientologist purchase all domains containing their name and turn them over to the cult, so they already own them in the event you wakeup and leave.

 

[xseaorguk]

domain names

Iknoweveryinchofhisbody.com is missing in the list

 

[secretiveoldfag]

I can't see that this has been posted already. It says Marty ordered Mike to register all these sites.

http://www.markrathbunisasquirrel.com/?p=1075

Since this does not seem to be true, per Ackerland, this is an acceptable truth masquerading as black PR pretending to be an attack on Marty disguised as a lie. Or whatever.

To follow the labyrinthine logic of this site, the story that Heber is just fine and having a lovely time doing exactly what he wants to do is also liable to be an acceptable truth etc etc.

 

[AnonyMary]

Another warning from Marty's blog:

Jonathan even made a video with nice dramatic music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nefuj5dLyAw

I'm sorry but I feel Jonathan deserves to have had this trick played on him for all his years of trolling and spamming ARS while being so oppositional to critics.