The Literary Brothel vs Love the Cock

I heard it from a friend who heard it from a friend who heard it from another you've been messin' around.

-REO Speedwagon

Though we have about 5 followers on Twitter, one of them is @ShannonAlbert* (you may recall Shannon from this post**) who recently informed us that Jeff Lundquist or whomever bought www.TheLiteraryBrothel.com linked it to a porn site for a brief period of time.***

I was confused by this, as now the www.theliterarybrothel.com goes straight to GoDaddy.com. Today, however, while running our weekly (not really) Google search for "literary brothel" the first result was a bit surprising: www.lovethecock.com

Love the Cock
www.lovethecock.com

Could this be a site for poultry lovers and foodies? Um, no. As porn sites do, "Love the Cock" quickly dispels all mystery with bare description:

"FREE GAY PORN MOVIES & GAY SEX VIDEOS XXX TUBE"

First of all, we had no idea there was an XTube AND a double-X Tube LET ALONE a triple-X Tube. Vin Diesel should be proud.

Second, why would a search for "literary brothel" lead visitors to a gay porn site? The only reason we can come up with is that Jeff Lundquist or someone at National Contact Registry linked us to it. Perhaps they were upset that the third result in a search for "National Contact Registry" finds our subtly titled piece: National Contact Registry Can Suck It.

Or maybe it was an accident?

Maybe we'll never now.

Meanwhile, when Googling "literary brothel," avoid clicking that "I'm feeling lucky" button.

Unless you're ready to see a lot of cock.

Seriously.

-KV

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* Names on Twitter are written with an @ sign before them. This causes mass confusion at first, followed quickly by mass boredom.

** The National Contact Registry is the group who bought the domain www.theliterarybrothel.com when we failed to immediatly renue it, and then illegally continued to post material published material from our site. If you clicked the link up there, then these words you're reading probably seem quite repetitious.

*** Sorry about all the links. And the stars.

Jeff Lundquist Minneapolis Real Estate

by TLB

Remember how someone snatched up our domain name and is now illegally publishing the content of The Literary Brothel?

What are we talking about? And you call yourself a web surfer. You don't remember the classic Brothel pieces National Contact Registry can Suck It or National Contact Registry is Illegally Publishing our Content? Okay, we thought so. Now let's move on.

Apparently the person who is illegally publishing The Literary Brothel is Jeff Lundquist of Minneapolis Real Estate. (Please save all Minnesota jokes until the end.) That means unless we hear otherwise, he's on our "naughty" list.

Now, I know what you're thinking, "Why would a real estate agent in Minneapolis of all god-for-saken places buy up domain names and illegally publish their content?" First, I said save the Minnesota bashing until the end. Second, it doesn't make much sense to us either. Why would a real estate agent in Minnesota of all places want to break countless copyright infringement laws by publishing article after past article of The Literary Brothel?

Beats us. Maybe it's not Jeff Lundquist. Maybe we have the wrong man. Maybe he can still make our "nice" list in time for Christmas. Seeing as we haven't done anything that could be considered "research," we might be jumping to conclusions.

However, we recently got a message from "Shannon" alerting us to her newly created site, National Contact Registry Stole My Site. On it, you'll see links to testimony from a number of people who have all fallen victim to National Contact Registry's nefarious deeds, and they name Jeff Lundquist as the culprit. So for now, he's the man.

Although I have to say, our testimony is TAME compared to the rest. One guy had heart trouble, went in the hospital, let his domain expire, and still couldn't get it back from National Contact Registry. Guess they'd heard one too many, "I had heart failure and accidentally let my domain expire" stories.

Really, people are pissed about this. One guy posted daily updates on his new blog counting the days since National Contact Registry stole his domain. That's persistance.

Apparently it upsets bloggers when you steal their work and publish it without their permission. But now we're banding together. Shannon has done the right thing in creating her website in hopes that this might turn into a nice, civil, class-action lawsuit.

Unless of course, she lets the domain expire and it's bought by National Contact Registry.

Seriously.

-TLB

National Contact Registry is Illegally Publishing Our Content

This is an open letter, as they say, to the National Contact Registry, remember them? By the subject, we kinda give away our position, but hey, read on anyway if you're feeling read...y. -KV

Dear National Contact Registry,

It appears you have bought the domain "www.theliterarybrothel.com." We owned that website but months ago. We called it The Literary Brothel.

Now, however, The Literary Brothel is no longer there. It is here. Right here. The place where you are reading these words. Yes, in your computer. Hello!

While you have the right to buy our domain name - though we built the reputation of the site - you do not have the right to publish our content.

In other words, this is a cease and desist order. Take it all down or fear the reaper.

I mean, the consequences.

You have been warned.

Sincerely (or something),
The Literary Brothel

ps. Sure, we could contact you directly, but what fun would that be? Seriously, just take down our content so we don't have to contact you at:
National Contact Registry
3033 Excelsior Blvd
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55416
United States
+1.6129158834

Thx!

National Contact Registry Can Suck It

National Contact Registry Can Suck It
Klaus Varley

Last week it was discovered that due to a bookkeeping error, we failed to renew our custom domain (www.theliterarybrothel.com) before it expired.

The bookkeeper has subsequently been fired, and all books burned.

Okay, no books were burned, but a bridge was.

The bridge was metaphorical.

It was between the bookkeeper and us.

Moving on.

What happens when a domain name expires? What is supposed to happen, is that the page goes blank and all the content it taken down. This is why we have no beef with Yoshiaki Oshima, who bought literarybrothel.com when the prior bookkeeper lost that one.

But this time when we, I mean, our bookkeeper forgot to renew the site, an entity with the legitimate-sounding name of "National Contact Registry" swooped in and scooped up www.theliterarybrothel.com. (Or however it happens. I imagine a virtual pooper-scooper.) Which was fine, until we realized they kept all of our content up.

Apparently this is what they do - steal people's content, and hold the original page for ransom - as evidenced by this post from a poetry website that had the same thing happen to them. (Not as crass as us here at TLB, they chose a much more literary title for their piece, giving it the poetic name,"A Bunch of Shit.")

But will we pay the ransom and try to get our content taken down? No way. (See title.)

Instead, here are some quotes from their own website, and a few snarky comments that prove that you don't have to be a teenager to think like one.

From NCR's website:

"National Contact Registry offers exposure to internet business's throughout the United States by providing a community based approach."

Good to know. And good to know how NOT to use an apostrophe.

"We have helped thousands of businesses throughout the United States. If you are a business owner and you found National Contact Registry, that proves our online marketing skills."

Or it proves that if you surf the internet long enough, you can find anything.

"Helping small to medium-sized companies is our specialty. We do this by providing an affordable way to touch thousands of consumers. By collaborating closely with consumers needs, National Contact Registry is able to confidently provide clients with exposure that every business deserves."

Yet there is no contact information - nor company history - on the site, only a shady form where you enter all YOUR information.

"If your website is not found on the internet your online business is going to fail!"

Unless you are in the business of failing. Then you will succeed!

"Being profiled in one of the largest internet registries will not only increase your exposure but your business."

That reminds me: I need to register the site with directory.google.com.

So what have we learned? Domain speculation is big business. Or at least "business."

And we need another bookkeeper.

With a bridge.

Any takers?

-KV