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Title: THR.us is gone, welcome to Gun Rights Media
Post by: Oleg Volk on December 23, 2010, 12:46:09 AM
The lawsuit against Derek Zeanah got settled. He got .us domain, I moved the forum to http://gunrightsmedia.com
Title: Re: THR.us is gone, welcome to Gun Rights Media
Post by: Daniel964 on December 23, 2010, 03:45:38 AM
Got it put in favorites. Congrats on getting this behind you so you can move on.
Title: Re: THR.us is gone, welcome to Gun Rights Media
Post by: geronimotwo on December 23, 2010, 07:15:55 AM
good to hear it's over!  sorry you lost the domain.  care to let out any details?
Title: Re: THR.us is gone, welcome to Gun Rights Media
Post by: RocketMan on December 23, 2010, 07:25:52 AM
Thanks, Oleg.  Got it bookmarked.  The old bookmarks have been deleted, so we're all set.
Title: Re: THR.us is gone, welcome to Gun Rights Media
Post by: lee n. field on December 23, 2010, 07:37:03 AM
good to hear it's over!  sorry you lost the domain.  care to let out any details?


He can't.
Title: Re: THR.us is gone, welcome to Gun Rights Media
Post by: geronimotwo on December 23, 2010, 08:12:26 AM
kinda figured
Title: Re: THR.us is gone, welcome to Gun Rights Media
Post by: MillCreek on December 23, 2010, 08:16:28 AM
He can't.

Typically, when a civil lawsuit is settled, the settlement agreement contains a confidentiality clause so that neither party can disclose the details of the settlement, and sometimes the lawsuit itself.   I have drafted scores of such clauses over the years.
Title: Re: THR.us is gone, welcome to Gun Rights Media
Post by: Hawkmoon on December 23, 2010, 09:26:16 AM
Well, I am amazed that D'Wreck got not only THR.ORG but also THR.US, because I didn't think he should have either. But ... the court didn't ask for my opinion. (Their loss.) I AM glad it's over and we can move on.

And move on we shall. Not visiting THR.ORG will be easy, as I have conscientiously avoided it since the schism anyway. So I'll just have to reprogram my bookmarks.
Title: Re: THR.us is gone, welcome to Gun Rights Media
Post by: AJ Dual on December 23, 2010, 10:27:27 AM
THR was BOUGHT by Derek. Oleg didn't lose it.

I'm guessing the situation was that Derek and his lawyers knew Oleg would most likely win due to the broad facts of the case, and Oleg knew that Derek and his lawyers could drag it out way longer than it was worth it to fight.

IMO, whatever Oleg with GRM will probably outshine the old THR in the long run, because it's his photography, and visiblity from a-human-right.com etc. that draws people over.

And I do think the idea of a forum that specializes more in activism and pro-RKBA politics and the "war of public opinion" is a good one. There's already a ton of forums organized around the various technical and collecting aspects.

Being unique and finding a niche is important. Aside from the open carry/CCW boards etc. which specialize in mainly well... "carry", I don't think there's any forum dedicated to RKBA.
Title: Re: THR.us is gone, welcome to Gun Rights Media
Post by: Tallpine on December 23, 2010, 12:51:54 PM
Oleg, best wishes for your current and future ventures  =)
Title: Re: THR.us is gone, welcome to Gun Rights Media
Post by: Hawkmoon on December 23, 2010, 01:20:07 PM
Aside from the open carry/CCW boards etc. which specialize in mainly well... "carry", I don't think there's any forum dedicated to RKBA.

There has been for two or three years: http://www.gun-politics.org
Title: Re: THR.us is gone, welcome to Gun Rights Media
Post by: AJ Dual on December 23, 2010, 01:55:55 PM
There has been for two or three years: http://www.gun-politics.org

The thread and post count there tells the tale though.

APS is a very minor board, and there's individual members here who do that site's entire post count every two years.
Title: Re: THR.us is gone, welcome to Gun Rights Media
Post by: Harold Tuttle on December 23, 2010, 10:20:54 PM
http://www.keepandbeararms.com/
Title: Re: THR.us is gone, welcome to Gun Rights Media
Post by: Antibubba on December 23, 2010, 11:21:21 PM
Interesting--it took my name and password, and shows all my posts.  So THR is literally gone, but the forum continues to exist.

Congrats, Oleg.  I know you can't comment, but I hope Derek took a shellacking!
   :angel:
Title: Re: THR.us is gone, welcome to Gun Rights Media
Post by: lee n. field on December 23, 2010, 11:34:46 PM
Interesting--it took my name and password, and shows all my posts.  So THR is literally gone, but the forum continues to exist.

Congrats, Oleg.  I know you can't comment, but I hope Derek took a shellacking!
   :angel:

Which one?  Dot org will have everything.  Dot us shows the right statistics (user join date x/xx/xxxx, yyyy messages), but history is truncated.  Which is too bad, since a search will only hit the last 2 years worth of postings, which is quite a bit less than what exists on the thr.org side.
Title: Re: THR.us is gone, welcome to Gun Rights Media
Post by: gunsmith on December 24, 2010, 12:21:40 AM
hurrah for GRM!
Title: Re: THR.us is gone, welcome to Gun Rights Media
Post by: Jamisjockey on December 24, 2010, 09:11:50 AM
Just to be clear, this thread isn't to become a bashing vehicle of .org. 

I'm going to sticky it to help make the transition.

Little help request of the APS membership,too:  If you stumble across any archived links to thr.us, please fix them to gunrightsmedia.
Title: Re: THR.us is gone, welcome to Gun Rights Media
Post by: Balog on March 03, 2011, 01:06:51 AM
Went to register at GRM, the "Forum Rules" box is verbatim from the old site, including referring to it as "The High Road" and talking about TFL as a closed site. Just fyi for Oleg and the admin types over there.
Title: Re: THR.us is gone, welcome to Gun Rights Media
Post by: pleo on April 24, 2014, 06:26:41 PM
Oleg's always been a [tinfoil], so he probably got what he had coming. :-)
Title: Re: THR.us is gone, welcome to Gun Rights Media
Post by: Doggy Daddy on April 24, 2014, 10:17:22 PM
Oleg's always been a [tinfoil], so he probably got what he had coming. :-)

Derek!  Long time no see!   =D
Title: Re: THR.us is gone, welcome to Gun Rights Media
Post by: Devonai on April 25, 2014, 09:04:38 PM
If Oleg is a member of the tin-foil-hat crowd, then by comparison I'm nuttier than Nick Nolte and Mel Gibson in a nose-over-tail crashing Vanagon.
Title: Re: THR.us is gone, welcome to Gun Rights Media
Post by: BlueStarLizzard on April 25, 2014, 09:13:36 PM
If Oleg is a member of the tin-foil-hat crowd, then by comparison I'm nuttier than Nick Nolte and Mel Gibson in a nose-over-tail crashing Vanagon.

:O
That's just beautiful, man.

:rofl:
Title: Re: THR.us is gone, welcome to Gun Rights Media
Post by: Perd Hapley on April 26, 2014, 12:40:37 AM
If Oleg is a member of the tin-foil-hat crowd, then by comparison I'm nuttier than Nick Nolte and Mel Gibson in a nose-over-tail crashing Vanagon.


I suspect gunkid don't know the meaning of that emoji.