AN IMPORTANT LETTER FROM THE
FAMILY OF GLEN BUXTON
"My name is Janice Buxton Davison. As music fans may know, Glen Buxton was
lead guitarist for the original Alice Cooper band. Glen was also my brother. As executor
of his estate, this letter is an appeal to Glen’s fans to help his family gain
control of the domain name www. glenbuxton. com that was hijacked by a cyber squatter in
1998 and never returned.
The Anti-Cyber squatting Consumer Protection Act of 1999 defines cyber squatting as
“registering, trafficking in, or using a domain name with bad-faith and with the
intent to profit from the goodwill of a trademark belonging to someone else”. The
name Glen Buxton is a legal trademark. It’s distinctive because its owner, my
brother, was the first to use it in business, and Glen’s name was well known at the
time the domain was registered by Mr. Bryan Erickson without signed consent or any
legitimate interest in the name. Since then, Erickson has used the domain name to
deceptively attract Alice Cooper fans for his own internet ventures including selling
items unrelated to Glen, displaying unauthorized videos of Glen, and repeatedly making
offensive and disrespectful comments about Glen on lists and other sites that are
upsetting to Glen’s family.
For many years Glen’s family has attempted to avoid fanfare by quietly appealing to
Erickson behind the scenes to relinquish the domain name. And though it should not have
been necessary we even offered Erickson money in order to avoid expensive litigation. To
date, Erickson has not only refused but now ignores all attempts at contact. He appears to
enjoy holding Glen’s name hostage for the prestige and the power it gives him over
Glen’s family. He continues to sell his products by misdirecting internet traffic by
the continued misuse of Glen’s name.
Erickson once wrote that he “borrowed” Glen’s name. It’s time to give
it back.
It is our hope to avoid costly legal action. Cyber squatting laws are clear and we are
confident that any litigation would find in our favor and force him to give it back. But,
legal action is expensive and time consuming. Like most families, spending thousands of
dollars on attorney fees is something our family including Glen’s parents can ill
afford. We hope Erickson will understand that Glen’s name belongs with his family,
not with him.
Until then, we appeal to Glen’s fans for help. Under the alias “KaTman”,
Erickson directs traffic to www. glenbuxton. com from various sites including his Yahoo
Group, Myspace and YouTube. We appeal to Glen’s fans to boycott www. glenbuxton. com
and to not promote his sites that link to www. glenbuxton. com
Please post this notice as your own blog and send it out as a new bulletin so that others
will see it and do the same. Please help us inform Cooper fans what is happening with www.
glenbuxton. com
Thank you in advance for your help and your support for Glen’s family."
Janice Buxton Davison
Executor – The Glen Buxton Estate
March 2008
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