Gaia Capitalist

Capitalism goes both ways. Virgin's most recent response regarding the virginfuels.org news site domain name registration.

Friday, 01-05-07 09:44

"We are prepared to offer you $150 which more than covers the cost of registration of virginfuels.org and the replacement domain name.

Failing that we would probably be better off reserving our rights to take formal action to recover the name at some point in the future." Regards, Mark (Virgin Enterprises Intellectual Property manager).

Gaia Capitalist reponse:

That's fine. I'm on solid ground. This means the legitimate conversation will go back into the public domain for discussion. I have everything documented and these are definitely issues of interest in cyberspace and beyond. I have expressed my admiration for everything Virgin stands for in the world but at this point we'll let the truth stand for itself.

In lieu of $150, I'd rather give the site to the children of the world. The only reason any of this has become a point of contention is because you chose not to publish an official Virgin Fuels website or establish a presence on the Internet. People from countries all over the world took heart and inspiration by what Sir Richard and Virgin Fuels stood for. Big announcements, ad campaigns, free publicity. But, when ordinary folk the world over tried to find out more information on the Internet or how to even contact you - nothing.

They came to me only because they couldn't find you. Kind of like the factory owner saying on TV and in the newspapers how he's going to invest all this money and energy into local projects and employment then sealing all the doors so no one can gain entry to apply. Some of the talk on the blogs is whether the company Virgin Fuels even exists or whether it is a public relations maneuver. I'm not saying this, I'm only repeating what I'm reading in the blogosphere. This is not what I want to do but you have given me no other choice.

I will put the discussion back up on virginfuels.org, make my last post by Sunday 01-07-07 to document our respective positions to date. We can let the lawyers and the courts handle it from there whenever you want. As of now I need to walk away from this and get on with my life and service work.

Regards, Darlene

Following correspondence from Virgin preceded above:

Dated January 3, 2007

Darlene,

We note that you have begun posting our correspondence on the virginfuels.org website. Given that in your email dated 18 December 2006 you agreed to “wait to put it all up” until you heard from us, we are rather disappointed by this. We also note that your Gaia Capitalist site indicates that you registered the virginfuels.org domain name and put together your website in order to showcase your abilities and try and secure a job from Virgin Fuels or the Virgin Group

We wish to clarify that it is the combination of the content of your website, together with the registration and use of the domain name virginfuels.org, which we find problematic. We are therefore pleased to note your decision to move the content of the virginfuels.org website to a new URL which will also be dedicated to World Bio Energy news. We see that this site is now accessible via the domain name worldbioenergynews.com, which was registered by you on 21 December 2006. Although you now appear to be turning your attention to operating this site under the new domain, your current intentions in relation to the virginfuels.org domain are not entirely clear from any of your sites. Needless to say, we still request that the virginfuels.org domain is transferred to Virgin Enterprises Limited.

We obviously wish to resolve this matter swiftly and amicably and look forward to receiving any reasonable proposal (excerpt from DC proposal) from you relating to the transfer of the domain name virginfuels.org to ourselves.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely

Mark James