The following are the three e-mails that exist between Tom Vegh and myself. (The only revisions from the original was to remove the e-mail addresses). I have not received any other correspondence from Vegh other than the two e-mails published here and I have never spoken with Vegh about this matter.
Please note - despite Councillor Vegh's warning at the bottom of this second e-mail that this e-mail is privileged and/or confidential, I am publishing it based on Vegh's own assertion in his email "do not assume that your email to me or this email is confidential".
Please note - his e-mails are always addressed to me and Councillor Di Muccio although he knows that I own the domains.
Please note - there is no mention of the words "money" or "purchase" in either of these e-mails.
Please note - Vegh makes it clear that he does not want any "direct communications" (except via his legal representative) to resolve this.
Please note - in his second e-mail, Vegh says this is his "fourth attempt to gain co-operation" but he has only sent me two e-mails and he has never spoken to me about this.
Please note - Councillor Vegh claims he has approached a domain name broker already. CIRA is not a domain name broker. CIRA is a regulatory body.
I received this e-mail on March 21st.
Tom Vegh
Mar 21 (2 days ago)
to me, Councillor, Teresa
Dear Mr. Blommesteyn and Councillor Di Muccio,
I received an email from Teresa Latchford, Newmarket Era Banner, that
you wish to make arrangements to transfer to me the following domain
names that you registered on January 6, 2012, and February 29, 2012:
tomvegh.ca
tomvegh.biz
tomvegh.co
tomvegh.info
tomvegh.net
tomvegh.org
tomvegh.tel
Please email me your proposal.
Please note that since you chose to contact me through Ms. Latchford
instead of directly, she is being cc'd on this.
I responded within minutes to his request for a proposal, with my list of just two "demands."
And I received this e-mail on March 22nd
Dear Mr. Blommesteyn and Councillor Di Muccio,
Thank you for responding to my email request to deregister the seven
variations of the tomvegh domain name (listed below) that you
registered on January 6 and February 29 of this year.
On February 28, 2012, my solicitors (Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP)
contacted the registrant of tomvegh.ca via CIRA asking that you
immediately do the foregoing:
(a) “Permanently cease all use of the domain name www.tomvegh.ca and
any other domain containing Councillor Vegh’s name;
(b) Transfer to Councillor Vegh, or his nominee, the domain name
www.tomvegh.ca and any other domain name containing Councillor Vegh’s
name which you own or control; and
(c) Permanently refrain from all other activities which would cause
anyone in Canada to think that you and/or Councillor Di Muccio are
affiliated with or endorsed in any way with our client.”
You responded on February 29 by registering six additional tomvegh.
domain names. As you suggested, I tried to achieve resolution by going
through a domain name broker (Canadian Internet Registration
Authority) and that proved to be counterproductive.
Please do not assume that your email to me or this email is
confidential. You only seem motivated to act when exposed by the
mainstream media. For instance, on February 28 (23 days ago—see
above), you were told to permanently refrain from re-directing
tomvegh.ca to maddiedimuccio.ca but you only did so on March 20th ,
minutes after being contacted by the Newmarket Era-Banner. I take no
comfort in the fact that you temporarily re-directed my domain name
from www.maddiedimuccio.ca to www.google.ca. It begs the question:
Where will you re-direct it next?
This is my fourth attempt to gain your co-operation to immediately
deregister the following domain names under your control:
tomvegh.ca
tomvegh.biz
tomvegh.co
tomvegh.info
tomvegh.net
tomvegh.org
tomvegh.tel
Until this is done I consider these direct communications over and all
future communication will be through legal representation or any other
forum of my choosing.
Sincerely,
Councillor Tom Vegh
Ward 1, Newmarket
Councillor Tom Vegh
Ward 1
Newmarket
"This e-mail may be privileged and/or confidential, and the sender
does not waive any related rights and obligations. Any distribution,
use, or copying of this e-mail or the information it contains by
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