This is the story about how ArtDeadlines.com
	is using name/identity theft to confuse people
	about the Art Deadlines List and take advantage
	of my name and web reputation.

	A  couple of years ago, and after HOTMAIL had some
	millions of users, a pornography company bought the
	URL/domain name HTOMAIL.COM.  With many millions of
	users typing in the URL for HOTMAIL, some thousands
	every day mistyped the URL.  That means they ended
	up on the pornography site.  It even happened to me
	at least once.

	As you might imagine Microsoft, which now owns HOTMAIL,
	looks down upon anybody who might try to buy and use
	that domain name.

	Unfortunately I don't have quite the clout of HOTMAIL/
	Microsoft.  It would cost me a minimum of $1500 to open
	a case against the owner of ARTDEADLINES.COM (who also
	owns ARTDEADLINE.COM, etc).

	The individual in question originally contacted me about
	reselling my publication.  At some point, after learning
	some things about my enterprise, he reversed himself and
	went off to start his own publication for the same audience.
	He then decided to use the similar name in order to catch
	individuals who did not type the name of my URL exactly.

	You can find copies of the ART DEADLINES LIST going all
	the way back to late 1994.  On searching GOOGLE for the
	same phrase, you can find several thousand links to the
	ADL.  When you search for ARTDEADLINES.COM you find a
	lot of links, but on looking further into the list you
	find they are simply pages with slightly different
	information on them--or alternate names for the same
	pages.  This is considered to be a dubious way to get
	high ranking pages on a search.  It means that other
	pages get pushed  down and not  considered.  All the
	links to the ART DEADLINES LIST were placed there by
	independent page owners/publishers.  I don't use bogus
	techniques to increase my  ranking.  I get a  high
	rank by frequently updating my pages and having  lots
	of links to my pages.

	There has always been a FREE version of the  list for
	artists who can't afford my subscription fees.  You won't
	find a  free version on the site using name/identity theft!

	Also, my site include more information at a lower cost.

	Let me know if you have other questions about this.