SPECIAL NOTICE:  MARCH 2008

AN IMPORTANT  LETTER FROM THE FAMILY OF GLEN BUXTON

"My name is Janice Buxton Davison. As music fans may know, Glen Buxton was lead guitarist for the original Alice Cooper band. Glen was also my brother. As executor of his estate, this letter is an appeal to Glen’s fans to help his family gain control of the domain name www. glenbuxton. com that was hijacked by a cyber squatter in 1998 and never returned.

The Anti-Cyber squatting Consumer Protection Act of 1999 defines cyber squatting as “registering, trafficking in, or using a domain name with bad-faith and with the intent to profit from the goodwill of a trademark belonging to someone else”. The name Glen Buxton is a legal trademark. It’s distinctive because its owner, my brother, was the first to use it in business, and Glen’s name was well known at the time the domain was registered by Mr. Bryan Erickson without signed consent or any legitimate interest in the name. Since then, Erickson has used the domain name to deceptively attract Alice Cooper fans for his own internet ventures including selling items unrelated to Glen, displaying unauthorized videos of Glen, and repeatedly making offensive and disrespectful comments about Glen on lists and other sites that are upsetting to Glen’s family.

For many years Glen’s family has attempted to avoid fanfare by quietly appealing to Erickson behind the scenes to relinquish the domain name. And though it should not have been necessary we even offered Erickson money in order to avoid expensive litigation. To date, Erickson has not only refused but now ignores all attempts at contact. He appears to enjoy holding Glen’s name hostage for the prestige and the power it gives him over Glen’s family. He continues to sell his products by misdirecting internet traffic by the continued misuse of Glen’s name.

Erickson once wrote that he “borrowed” Glen’s name. It’s time to give it back.

It is our hope to avoid costly legal action. Cyber squatting laws are clear and we are confident that any litigation would find in our favor and force him to give it back. But, legal action is expensive and time consuming. Like most families, spending thousands of dollars on attorney fees is something our family including Glen’s parents can ill afford. We hope Erickson will understand that Glen’s name belongs with his family, not with him.

Until then, we appeal to Glen’s fans for help. Under the alias “KaTman”, Erickson directs traffic to www. glenbuxton. com from various sites including his Yahoo Group, Myspace and YouTube. We appeal to Glen’s fans to boycott www. glenbuxton. com and to not promote his sites that link to www. glenbuxton. com

Please post this notice as your own blog and send it out as a new bulletin so that others will see it and do the same. Please help us inform Cooper fans what is happening with www. glenbuxton. com

Thank you in advance for your help and your support for Glen’s family."

Janice Buxton Davison
Executor – The Glen Buxton Estate

March 2008

RIP Glen Buxton 1947-1997