Domain: katiet.com
Stories and comments across the archive that link to katiet.com.
Comments · 23
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Re:Typical Face Saving -'Not Our Fault' Retreat
Whois but don't bug her, she wrote a nice apology on her other website: http://katiet.com/
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She said she was sorry...
From the press release on katiet.com:
...I never believed that I had any right to the name Katie.com as a website but simply viewed it to be the name of my book. That being said, I never wanted anyone to experience unwanted emails or traffic on the Internet. As someone who has been abused, I would certainly not wish to cause anybody pain. Therefore, I sincerely apologize to Katie Jones for any suffering she may have endured. -
according to APA study: she wasn't even a VICTIMa submission i made on the 6th and was rejected follows:
A recent American Psychological Association (APA) site has a synopsis of a study on online sexual abuse found that despite what the news organisations and various other screamers and shouters may want us to think, online sexual abuse cases are NOT characterised by deception, abduction, or force. In short most of those "abused" went consensually, knowing what was going to happen.
Also note the similarities between what was studied and what REALLY happened to Katie Tarbox
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Re:Other Katie.com References
I would imagine it wouldn't take much dissuading... why would she want to drive traffic to katie.com?
Chances are this is already in the works; they'll change the promotion material to drive traffic to the appropriate site.
There are eight book covers pictured on the home page of KatieT.com and they all show the former title of katie.com. I expect they'll change those soon, too. -
Re:From inside the industry...In fact, on that "verifiable lies" point:
Additionally, please also understand that while I have worked with Parry Aftab, she is not my lawyer, and I never asked anyone to speak with Ms. Jones about her website.
More here. Exactly what I thought she meant. -
I don't understand...
The author of the book has her own "vanity" domain name, katieT.com. Why the hell wouldn't you just use this for the title instead of dragging somebody else through all of this crap.
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Re:New address
Here's what KatieT had to say about it
http://www.katiet.com/message1.htm -
Her own announementShe posted her own personal announcement on the site she really owns.
Today I am very excited to announce that Katie.com will be re-released and re-named A Girl's Life Online. From the beginning, I hoped that Penguin and Katie Jones would be able to resolve this issue. I never believed that I had any right to the name Katie.com as a website but simply viewed it to be the name of my book. That being said, I never wanted anyone to experience unwanted emails or traffic on the Internet. As someone who has been abused, I would certainly not wish to cause anybody pain. Therefore, I sincerely apologize to Katie Jones for any suffering she may have endured.
That's a little different than the slashing perpetrator Slashdot has cast her. Refreshing to know the good guys do win....sometimes. -
She's going to re-release the bookThe book is going to be re-released under a new name, "A Girl's Life Online".
I found the following Announcement from the "un"real Katie. Here's an excerpt:
Today I am very excited to announce that Katie.com will be re-released and re-named A Girl's Life Online. From the beginning, I hoped that Penguin and Katie Jones would be able to resolve this issue. I never believed that I had any right to the name Katie.com as a website but simply viewed it to be the name of my book. That being said, I never wanted anyone to experience unwanted emails or traffic on the Internet. As someone who has been abused, I would certainly not wish to cause anybody pain. Therefore, I sincerely apologize to Katie Jones for any suffering she may have endured.
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Re:Is Parry Aftab Katie Tarbox's lawyer?
See, that's interesting.
If you check out Katiesplace.org, you see Katie T, and Parry Aftab's name promenantly.
If you check out Katie T's projects page, she also mentions Parry Aftab as being part of these projects.
If you check out Parry's blog, she talks about katiesplace.com being a collaboration between her and Katie T.
Nope. Sounds like Parry is working with Katie T to me, as shown by publicly available information on the pages "controlled" by the respective folks. Thus, Katie Jones still has the story with more easily verifiable truth to it. -
KatieT.comDidn't I read in the other article that the Katie responsible for the book could be reached at her e-mail address with her own domain? Why not just publish the book with that title instead? Sheesh!
I don't think I'd make a good lawyer, because there's no fight and no money in my solution...
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KatieT.comDidn't I read in the other article that the Katie responsible for the book could be reached at her e-mail address with her own domain? Why not just publish the book with that title instead? Sheesh!
I don't think I'd make a good lawyer, because there's no fight and no money in my solution...
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Documenting the Aftab/Tarbox/Penguin sitesLet's have a
/. 'documention' exercise for the Penguin/Aftab/Tarbox sites, folks. Let's remember that Penguin is the publisher, Parry Aftab is the 'publicist', and KatieT was hard-done-by in the first place!Okay, then. To start with:
http://us.penguingroup.com/Book/BookFrame/0,,,00.h tml?id=0452282535 or better yet, use the Search function on that site http://us.penguingroup.com/Search/QuickSearchFrame ?id=katie%21com Penguin UK (returns a "Sorry...")
Penguin Putnam (USA) search...
http://www.aftab.com
http://ParryAftab.blogspot.com/;
http://www.KatieT.com noting the various translations of the book that have all used the same (incorrect) URL/name;
http://www.KatiesPlace.org/pages/1/index.htm;
http://www.wiredsafety.org/ -
Angel of the Internet?
KatieT's lawyer, Parry Aftab, is certainly not lacking in ego - there is a section on her website where she revels in the title "Angel of the Internet":
For the amount of time and personal sacrifice Parry has devoted to making sure that everyone, especially children, can learn to use the Internet safely, privately and responsibly, Parry is often called the "Angel of the Internet." (emphasis added)
She is obviously aware of the problems they are causing, as referenced in her blog entry titled Katie Tarbox and Katie.com (the book, not the site) - Monday, July 26, 2004.
One can only gues that KatieT is making as much of this opportunity as she can - after all, she is unlikely to publish any other books of significance making basic editing mistakes on the front page of her website:
As an advocate and expert in this field, I realize that the dangers that lye on the Internet will continue to exist unless we as a collective make the effort to prevent those dangers. (emphasis added)
Shame on KatieT for harrassing the rightful domain owner - I hope she realises that it will undermine what she hopes to achieve in the long term.
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Re:Sense of Entitlement
This is an excerpt from her book. http://www.katiet.com/exerpts.htm. Here's a description of her town:
I was in the eighth grade, and for the first time I was really obsessed with my appearance, my status, with fitting in. This is understandable, if you consider that I was growing up in America, and in New Canaan, Connecticut. New Canaan is the richest town in the richest state in the country. The moms all drive Suburbans and the dads all take the train to the city. And by the time they are ten years old, the kids in New Canaan know that the highest-grade BMW is not as nice as the best Mercedes. They know that you should never be seen cutting your own lawn, and that embossed stationery is far superior to lithographed. -
Re: Posting Penguin's Email Addresses, etc
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Re:Domain acquisition = rape
I call BULLSHIT! Society doesn't make fucking victims - stupidity does. I had a pretty shitty home life growing up, in the poorest of neighborhoods, broken home, all that shit - I didn't end up like the majority of my peers (in jail, broke, living off handouts from honest taxpayers) because I realized at an early age that I was responsible for my own actions, and the consequences thereof. I am sick and tired of people giving kids a green light to fuck up because they are young - were you that stupid as a teen?
No control or knowledge my ass - it's HER LAWYER not the publisher pursuing this.
While I agree that it is not right to wish further ills on the author over this, it is not right to support her and her publishers either. A brief look at katiet.com shows that her rough childhood has likely made her a quite well off adult, and the argument that she has no control over the decisions of her publisher are utter bullshit - they need her to be able to promote the damn book, so she has pull. Futher, just because something bad happened to you in the past, being a thief still makes you a thief and if her lawyer (working on her behalf, that she has the ability to hire and fire) succeeds, Katie Tarbow will be exactly that, a thief.
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Re:Katiet.com is the real site for the book
A bit off-topic...
So I went to the site to see what the author had posted on her site in regards to this issue. Not much of anything, really, except...
There is a link in her nav for "Exerpts." I ain't no grammar guy, but it didn't look quite right to me, so I went to m-w.com and was told that "The word you've entered isn't in the dictionary."
Is "Exerpts" like, a British spelling or something?
And a bit on-topic, I find the publisher and the author's behavior reprehensible in this matter. I will no longer buy Penguin Putnam books should they succeed in bullying this person, regardless of what her site is used for. -
She's a heiffer
Check out this cow.
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Re:Name the book KatieT.comWhat I don't understand is why is Katie Jones being punished even MORE for this? "Hey, let's slashdot her!"
I ask everyone to join me in clicking the hell out of http://www.katiet.com/store.htm
.No, she didn't deserve what happened to her, but K Jones doesn't deserve all of this bulls*** either.
Bandwidth avengers, unite!
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Re:Retitleor even better the domain that the author does actually own
Damn Law-iots....
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Katiet.com is the real site for the book
Please send your complaints to Katiet.com, which is the web site of the Penguin book that is causing all this fuss.
If the author gets flooded with mail about her predatory behavior, something might happen.
The autor's address is katie@katiet.com
Penguin couldn't care less. -
Katiet.com is the real site for the book
Please send your complaints to Katiet.com, which is the web site of the Penguin book that is causing all this fuss.
If the author gets flooded with mail about her predatory behavior, something might happen.
The autor's address is katie@katiet.com
Penguin couldn't care less.