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Nature of Suit Code: 470
Nature of Suit: Civil (Rico)
Cause of Action: 18:1964 Racketeering (RICO) Act

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

XCENTRIC VENTURES, LLC, an

Arizona Corporation, d/b/a

“RIPOFFREPORT.COM”; ED

MAGEDSON, an individual, 

Plaintiffs, 

vs.

WILLIAM “BILL” STANLEY, an

individual; WILL “BILL” STANLEY

d/b/a DEFAMATION ACTION.COM;

WILL “BILL” STANLEY d/b/a

COMPLAINTREMOVER.COM;

WILLIAM “BILL” STANLEY aka JIM

RICKSON; WILLIAM “BILL”

STANLEY aka MATT JOHNSON;

ROBERT RUSSO, an individual;

ROBERT RUSSO d/b/a

COMPLAINTREMOVER.COM;

ROBERT RUSSO d/b/a

DEFENDMYNAME.COM; ROBERT

RUSSO d/b/a QED MEDIA GROUP,

L.L.C.; QED MEDIA GROUP, L.L.C.

d/b/a DEFENDMYNAME.COM; QED

MEDIA GROUP, L.L.C. d/b/a

COMPLAINTREMOVER.COM;

DEFAMATION ACTION LEAGUE, an

unincorporated association; and

INTERNET DEFAMATION LEAGUE,

an unincorporated association, 

Defendants. 

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No. CV-07-0954-PHX-NVW

PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

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The court having received Plaintiffs’ Application for Preliminary Injunction (Doc. #

2), heard argument and evidence from the parties, and issued its findings of fact and

conclusions of law,

IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiffs’ Application for a Preliminary Injunction (Doc. # 2)

is GRANTED. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants and their officers, agents, employees,

independent contractors, or other persons acting under their supervision and control or at

their request are preliminarily enjoined from:

1. Intentionally communicating or causing to be communicated any threat

of an unlawful act of violence against any of the following:

a. Ed Magedson 

b. Xcentric Ventures, LLC 

c. Any entity or individual that provides a business or legal

service to Xcentric Ventures

d. Any entity or individual that advertises on

Ripoffreport.com 

e. Any customer of Xcentric or Ripoff Report 

f. Any customer of any company or individual that

provides a business or legal service to Xcentric Ventures

g. Any customer of any company or individual that

advertises on Ripoffreport.com 

2. Causing a distributed denial of service (“DDoS”) attack against the

computer server or servers of any of the following: 

a. Ed Magedson 

b. Xcentric Ventures, LLC 

c. Any entity or individual that provides a business or legal

service to Xcentric Ventures

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d. Any entity or individual that advertises on

Ripoffreport.com 

e. Any customer of Xcentric or Ripoff Report 

f. Any customer of any entity or individual that provides a

business or legal service to Xcentric Ventures 

g. Any customer of any entity or individual that advertises

on Ripoffreport.com 

3. Knowingly making, or causing to be made, and transmitting to any

third party any false and defamatory statement or representation

concerning any of the following:

a. Ed Magedson 

b. Xcentric Ventures, LLC 

c. Any entity or individual that provides a business or legal

service to Xcentric Ventures

d. Any entity or individual that advertises on

Ripoffreport.com 

e. Any customer of Xcentric or Ripoff Report 

f. Any customer of any entity or individual that provides a

business or legal service to Xcentric Ventures 

g. Any customer of any entity or individual that advertises

on Ripoffreport.com 

4. Posting on an Internet website or using in a domain name any false and

defamatory statement or representation concerning any of the

following:

a. Ed Magedson 

b. Xcentric Ventures, LLC 

c. Any entity or individual that provides a business or legal

service to Xcentric Ventures

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d. Any entity or individual that advertises on

Ripoffreport.com 

e. Any customer of Xcentric or Ripoff Report 

f. Any customer of any entity or individual that provides a

business or legal service to Xcentric Ventures 

g. Any customer of any entity or individual that advertises

on Ripoffreport.com 

5. Sending unsolicited spam email to any of the following:

a. Ed Magedson 

b. Xcentric Ventures, LLC 

c. Any entity or individual that provides a business or legal

service to Xcentric Ventures

d. Any entity or individual that advertises on

Ripoffreport.com 

e. Any customer of Xcentric or Ripoff Report 

f. Any customer of any entity or individual that provides a

business or legal service to Xcentric Ventures 

g. Any customer of any entity or individual that advertises

on Ripoffreport.com 

6. Hacking into or otherwise unlawfully accessing any computer files of

any of the following:

a. Ed Magedson 

b. Xcentric Ventures, LLC 

c. Any entity or individual that provides a business or legal

service to Xcentric Ventures

d. Any entity or individual that advertises on

Ripoffreport.com 

e. Any customer of Xcentric or Ripoff Report 

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f. Any customer of any entity or individual that provides a

business or legal service to Xcentric Ventures 

g. Any customer of any entity or individual that advertises

on Ripoffreport.com 

7. Willfully using without authorization copyrighted material owned by

any of the following:

a. Ed Magedson 

b. Xcentric Ventures, LLC 

c. Any entity or individual that provides a business or legal

service to Xcentric Ventures

d. Any entity or individual that advertises on

Ripoffreport.com 

e. Any customer of Xcentric or Ripoff Report 

f. Any customer of any entity or individual that provides a

business or legal service to Xcentric Ventures 

g. Any customer of any entity or individual that advertises

on Ripoffreport.com 

8. Inundating any of the following with telephone calls or emails for the

purposes of harassment and the disruption of business:

a. Ed Magedson 

b. Xcentric Ventures, LLC 

c. Any entity or individual that provides a business or legal

service to Xcentric Ventures

d. Any entity or individual that advertises on

Ripoffreport.com 

e. Any customer of Xcentric or Ripoff Report 

f. Any customer of any entity or individual that provides a

business or legal service to Xcentric Ventures 

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g. Any customer of any entity or individual that advertises

on Ripoffreport.com 

 9. Publicizing online any private information pertaining to the personal

residence or financial affairs of any of the following:

a. Any individual that provides a business or legal service

to Xcentric Ventures

b. Any individual that advertises on Ripoffreport.com 

c. Any customer of Xcentric or Ripoff Report 

d. Any customer of any entity or individual that provides a

business or legal service to Xcentric Ventures 

e. Any customer of any entity or individual that advertises

on Ripoffreport.com

10. Knowingly sending or causing to be sent any email communications

that falsely represent to be from any of the following:

a. Ed Magedson 

b. Xcentric Ventures, LLC 

c. Any entity or individual that provides a business or legal

service to Xcentric Ventures

d. Any entity or individual that advertises on

Ripoffreport.com 

e. Any customer of Xcentric or Ripoff Report 

f. Any customer of any entity or individual that provides a

business or legal service to Xcentric Ventures 

g. Any customer of any entity or individual that advertises

on Ripoffreport.com 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Stanley remove all content incompatible with this

preliminary injunction from the following websites:

a. bryanvincentassociates.com

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b. tiscaliwatch.com

c. mariaspeth.com

d. mariacrimispeth.com

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Stanley take down the following websites:

a. pmgisucks.com

b. jaburgwilksucks.com

To the extent that the content of either of these two websites is not inconsistent with

this preliminary injunction, it may be re-posted on a website with a domain name that is also

not inconsistent with this preliminary injunction. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Stanley make reasonable efforts to remove or have

removed any content incompatible with this preliminary injunction from the following

websites:

a. members.greenpeace.org/gpblog/xmlsrv/rss2.php?blog=10169

b. my.opera.com/mariaspeth/blog/

c. mariaspeth.blogspirit.com/

d. members.greenpeace.org/blog/maria_speth

e. mariaspeth.blogspirit.com/atom.xml

f. maria-speth.blog-city.com/read_about_maria_speth_here.htm

g. forums.treemedia.com/fb/archive/index.php/t-634.html

h. claimid.com/speth-maria

i. mariaspeth.alkablog.com/archive.html

j. express-press-release.com/16/RIPOFF%20REPORT%20VICTIMS-

%20ARE%20YOU%20A%20VICTIM%20OF%20THE%20RIPOF

F%20REPORT%20AND%20ED%20MAGEDSON.php

k. www.sta.gov.ua/forum/viewtopic.php?=3156&sid=59c099781a21bd

17ac49887a6f7c3f0e

l. www.cchc.org/cchcforums/viewtopic.php?t=8251&sid=4e70b4c46e

59b8651532e9ef42ff7b7f

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m. kinja.com/user/beasiswa/default/all

n. www.kommersant.comch.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5995&sid=898

76dfc2ec09a95f8e972031a10d9f0

o. elec.chandra.ac.th/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2314

p. www.habib.myfreebb.com/viewtopic.php?p=900&sid=494a2df12b4

8a1e8fdca8ae0e7bfb752

q. www.digg.com/view/world_business/upcoming/page144

r. harrypotterworld.myfreebb.com/viewtopic.php?p=1693&sid=494a2d

f12b48a1e8fdca8ae0e7bfb752

s. www.alkablog.com/profil_mariaspeth.html

t. bloop.org/board/viewforum.php?f=1&sid=de117ba3612a98bd04b78

82b1f7c508d

u. www.changsdomain.net/forum/search.php?search_id=unanswered&s

id=720766454895e6a007993bf05a032d56

v. warning-thievesatfastbucks.com

w. www.alkablog.com/annuaire_business_5_0.html

x. www.sta.gov.ua/forum/search.php?search_author=additional2&sid=

c2cd4dcb555cff8f6cbb41ec5332675a

y. clearblogs.com/spethmaria

z. digg.com/business_finance/Maria_Speth

aa. design.netscape.com/story/2007/05/12/maria-speth

bb. maria-speth.blog-city.com

cc. claimid.com/mariaspeth

dd. maria-speth.blog-city.com/index.cfm?d=12&m=5&y=2007

ee. digg.com/business_finance/Maria_Speth_2

ff. 20six.co.uk/maria-speth/contact

gg. members.greenpeace.org/gpblog/?pview=recent&limit=more

hh. mariaspeth.bloggerteam.com

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ii. mariaspeth.alkablog.com

jj. secureusa.greenpeace.org/gpblog

kk. forums.treemedia.com/fb/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=3299

ll. kinja.com/user/beasiswa/default/all

mm. www.alkablog.com/profil_mariaspeth.html

nn. www.voyblogs.com/default.asp

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants shall ensure that all of their officers,

agents, members, employees, independent contractors, or other persons acting under their

supervision and control or at their request receive a copy of this preliminary injunction and

are appropriately advised as to its terms and conditions.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this preliminary injunction applies to Defendants

regardless of the name or names they use or go by or may in the future use or go by. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants shall not delete or destroy any

evidence, including but not limited to computer reproduced or saved data or any other form

of evidence pertaining to Xcentric, Magedson, or Ripoff Report. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiffs will provide a copy of this order to each

Defendant who has not appeared in this case as soon as possible. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the court may grant additional injunctive relief in

the future if shown to be necessary.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the $5,000 temporary restraining order bond

previously posted in this case shall serve as the preliminary injunction bond under Fed.

R.Civ. P. 65. This preliminary injunction is effective immediately.

DATED this 21st day of June, 2007.

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