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A Thief by any Other Name is… Mark Osterholt!
After finding at least a dozen different OBS Blogger’s plagiarized material posted on Duck Hunting Arkansas and Bow Hunting Supplies, I started to do a little digging. Let me tell you, at the rate I’m going, between HSUS, PeTA, and now this, I am going to need a full-fledged excavator with work crew, and an internet connection in China.
At first, as I have said a few times already, I wasn't too concerned. All my posts have links, copyrights, and stuff that just points to me. But as I found more and more posts from people I knew, without any links back to them, I became enraged. I know three or four of my fellow bloggers personally or over the phone. But the other two hundred and fifty that I haven't spoken to are my friends too. And nobody messes with my friends. If there is one thing I can't abide is folks getting taken advantage of by someone out to make a buck.
Fortunately, word of my discovery got out quickly thanks to so many of you posting and linking to the first post. (And by the way, I am going to ask you to do it again with this post so we can get the word out even further.) As it turns out, Jesse at Jesse’s Outdoor & Hunting has been dealing with this plagiarizer, Mark Osterholt for quite some time now. As far back as June 2002 Osterholt was ripping peoples pictures off and posting them on his own website. Spammer Who Owned Hunting Pictures.com Back At It. A few years later, Jesse started getting phone calls from clients that Internet Concepts, a company owned by Mark Osterholt, was claiming to be the designers of Jesse’s Outdoor & Hunting! Jesse quickly clarified that he had nothing to do with Osterholt or Hubbard. Spammer Mark Osterholt Claiming JHO Contract Work.
Worse yet is the story of Scott Croner Owner, CEO, and Outfitter of Nebraska Hunting Company. Scott is a hard working honest outfitter and guide on the flyways of Nebraska. He had hired Osterholt ostensibly to assist him with e-marketing and web-site design. When it was all said and done Mark Osterholt would not fulfill his contract with Scott Croner. Not only that but Osterholt then put up a sham web-site to discredit Croner with an aerial map to Scott Croner's son's home. Several other outdoor businesses where also raked over the coals by Osterholt. More details to follow.
Here is an online complaint posted by a Mike B about Osterholt spamming his Bulletin Boards
By all accounts Mark Osterholt has great skills in e-marketing, mass emailing, and web design, but he does not have a single shred of ethical propriety.
To top it all off Mark Osterholt has a criminal record involving wildlife! Back in 1995 he allowed well over 700 freshwater turtles to die in a parked van and in a storage unit he had rented. Some where even frozen to death by his callus disregard for their welfare. Osterholt was trying to get them off his hands by illegally selling them to Asian markets and restaurants after illegally importing them into California. He was ultimately incarcerated for sixty days, with 30 days of road crew duty. You can find the details, as reported by, the San Fransisco Chronicle here and here.
This man is obviously a career scammer and scofflaw. He is talented but unfortunately he has decided to use his impressive intellect and skills to no good.
Now I have managed to track down these servers, including other websites he may be affiliated with:
Hosting ISP : THEPLANET.COM INTERNET SERVICES
Server Ip : 70.84.75.18
Server Location :
Houston, Texas, 77002, United States
Latitude: 29.7523002625
Longitude: -95.3669967651
Other sites on IP 70.84.75.18
1. anglerschat.com
2. hunt101.com
3. myfishingpictures.com
4. cupidfish.com
anglerss.com
ENOM, INC.
arkansastroutfishing.com
GODADDY.COM, INC.
bowhuntingsupplies.com
GODADDY.COM, INC.
duckhuntingarkansas.com
GODADDY.COM, INC.
huntreport.com
GODADDY.COM, INC.
myhuntingsite.com
GODADDY.COM, INC.
nebraskahuntingscam.com
DIRECTI INTERNET SOLUTIONS PVT. LTD. D/B/A PUBLICDOMAINREGISTRY.COM
I would be interested in hearing from anyone that has dealt with him and has had either good or bad experiences with him. I would also like to hear from anyone that is currently negotiating with him on any kind of project.
Mark,
If you happen to read this post, let it be a reminder to you that it is very, very, very naughty to steal from hunters. Get a clue, tracking information down is what we do in our sleep! It would be best if you just did the right thing. AAR
My Friends,
Many of your posts have been stolen from you by this lowlife scammer Mark Osterholt. Please help me track this clown down and run him into the ground.
You guys all work hard at and for your content, don’t this sleezeball steal it without a fight. We all know each other through the medium of Blogging and specifically through the Outdoor Bloggers Summit. Let’s help each others out.
All I am asking right now is for everyone to link to these to posts so that anyone dealing with this lowlife will have second thoughts. I have researched the information and it is solid.
Let’s Get This Plagiarizer!
Mark Osterholt is Stealing Your Content
I will be spending the day tomorrow tracking down the owners of each and every post on those websites to let them know their material is hijacked. Many of you will be getting emails or comments on your blog. If you don’t get one, don’t be complacent, I may just not have gotten to it.
Please link and let me know so I can link back to you too!
Good Hunting!
Albert
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19 comments:
Note to self...NEVER piss off Albert.
Flea,
Your posts have been ripped off too. I found some today and left a comment for you at your blog.
I'll get this SOB.
Albert
Wow!
To this extent I never would have guessed. I will definitely keep my eye out for this lowlife, Mark Osterholt.
Great work Albert!
Good work Albert, I've put a post up
SBW
Albert,
You sir need to keep your temper under control. He had a few of my blog posts with link backs and some without. It's okay I'll live, but I did noticed traffic coming back. Now that all the posts are pulled his 1000's of search engine links re-direct to his sponsor instead of our posts (with some link backs) In short,YOU ARE MAKING HIM MONEY!
Example:
http://bowhuntingsupplies.com/2009/06/fishing-report-june-24th/
is a direct
copy from
http://www.watermarkfishingcharters.com/index.php/2009/06/25/fishing-report-june-24th/
Now this site has NEW posts that must be generated automatically.
Thanks Albert
Posted on my blog with links back to you.
YeOldFurt (Old Lightning)
Anonymous,
Huh?
Sorry for being obtuse but I'm not sure I understand what you're saying.
But if you think that a short term gain on his part is better than the the world of financial pain that I am opening up on him, well ok.
And if you notice I don't link directly to him, except for the first post. So everyone knows what the skinny is. Now I would be happy to link with any legitimate blogger out there if they are worried about there their traffic. I think I'm doing pretty good on the hits myself.
And do you really think any of us is going to click on any of his lame crap? You do realize that all the pictures have been hijacked from other sites. Right?
Albert
"Osprey I, this is Omega V, Bring on the rain!!!"
Albert,
Your keen skills for tracking and hunting game in the field appears to have easily carried over to catching cyber-thieves and outing them and their scams! Well done. Thanks for getting us up to speed and keep us posted on this Clown's activities!
-GoGo
GoGo,
Thanks for the high fives. It's one thing to be a scammer, it's another to steal from me.
The Unit's CaC South is on it.
Albert
"Osprey I, this is Omega V, Bring on the rain!!!"
Thank you Albert for getting the word out. In my opinion Mark is a sociopath.
As far as anonymous who wants to argue SEO, gee, I wonder who that is? Crawl back under your rock Mark, Wayne or whatever name you're using this week.
Just took a peak at Mark's two rip off sites Bowhunt Supplies and Duckhunting Arkansas and he's back at it again. He's cut the feeds to a couple paragraphs but still has pics from other bloggers and DOES NOT link back in most posts. If you're getting ripped off over there send Mark a cease and desist and then file a DMCA on him. he's stealing your work product to make him money.
Mark also has his old and tired attack post on Scott Croner up on the 2 blogs now. A sign he is desperate and lashing out the only way he can.
Thanks Albert. Ive noticed that my traffic is way down from what it has been over the last two years. Could I be loosing thousands of hits per month due to this Mark idiot? What can I do to stop him?
Mike,
I honestly don't know. But anytime your material is stolen, you lose out.
I am going to run this SOB into the ground, and anyone affiliated with him will just have to expect to be, I believe the euphemism is, collateral damage.
Let me remind them that Osterholt stole from me. Big mistake. He stole from my friends. Bigger mistake. He stole from Outdoorsmen that do this for the love of the Outdoors. Biggest mistake. I am slow to anger, but once the fury is lit, I am an implacable foe. I will chase him, and hound him, and run him into the ground.
As for those that are associated with him, or do business with him, expect to be called on the carpet to explain yourself... if you can.
Albert
"Bring Down the Rain!"
Hazahh!
Squire! fetch my hauberk, shield, sword and steed, I go and foray with yon Albert and naught have we time to waste!!
You have got me all fired up now Albert, I saw a lot of this crap during my musical career days from "Snail Slime" like Mark Osterholt and his ilk.
Let me know if there is something which I can do to help out.
Thanks Native,
Will do. Right now I'm strategizing.
Albert
Albert, i wish to thak you for this good work. I have put a post linking to this on my blog.
Thanks Dick,
I and all the other bloggers appreciate it. The more of us that link the less room he will have to manuever in.
Good Hunting!
"Bring on the rain!"
Albert
Albert I am not sure if you want to get involved but my post on Gundog has been locked. The moderator who locked it says the edvidence is hear say.
This is the link to my post: http://www.gundogforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=19237
Albert,
I posted a link on my blog to help spread the word about this %#@*%%# idiot. You can view it here http://www.yourhuntinggear.com/huntinggearguyblog.php
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