With Bodofg down...did anyone notice PStars front page?

[WellThatsFine]

i think there new site is www.newbodog.com no? and they apparently fixed a lot of software problems, but you have to download the new version, why do people even play bodog or absolute its just a matter of time before they get ran over by stars and ftp, its really silly

[WellThatsFine]

Welcome to the new (temporary) Bodog. As you may know by now, Bodog.com is experiencing a technical issue impacting our players' ability to access our website.

This is the result of a legal dispute over the ownership of the Bodog.com domain name. We are fighting this dispute. We are confident that we will win, but until all is settled, I do not want our battle to interrupt your play.

So, I present you with newbodog.com. You won't notice very many changes: same website, same brand, same product, and same service. Just a new domain name.

We are working to resolve any remaining issues on the temporary site as soon as possible, and fully expect to have our original site back up shortly.

I sincerely apologize if you were affected by our interruption and assure you that I will update you soon.

Regards,

Calvin Ayre

[chrisptp]

some sketchy reports that they've lost control of the name due to a lawsuit...

http://www.shoemoney.com/2007/08/28/...-in-judgement/

[chrisptp]

whoops, sorry about the repost.

[WillisChan87]

I've noticed the huge increase in people in the past two weeks also, but the nover the weekend there were also about like 110,000 people at this certain period of time.

[chrisptp]

more news on the how and why of the Bodog drop:

"Dr. Scott Lewis, owner of 1st Technology LLC, filed a lawsuit in the State of Washington against Bodog for infringement of this patent. Bodog did not respond to the lawsuit, and on August 1st, 2007, a default judgment was awarded to Lewis in the amount of roughly $50 million by the court.

In addition, the absence of Bodog at the hearing meant that whatever Lewis moved for as compensation was granted by the court, which apparently included an order issued by the court to enom.com, the registrar of the Bodog domain name, to remove all name servers for the Bodog.com and CalvinAyre.com domains - rendering the sites effectively blank.

There is no public record of the ruling by the court - apparently the record is confidential either because it was a patent issue, thus it was all filed under seal or there was not an opinion because there is a pending jurisdictional challenge. A third explanation for lack of a published opinion is that after the judgment, the parties reached an agreement regarding how to deal with the judgment, and a vast majority of patent settlements are also under seal."

http://news.parttimepoker.com/2007/0...domain-update/