Has anyone else noticed that the competing High Road forums (highroad.org and highroad.us) have been merged? Did Oleg Volk win his fight against the person that took over his website? Do I have my facts straight?

 

 

 

 

I do not know who won but I do know that the lawsuit was settled within the last month.

8 years wow. Good thing though, I feel the rift was killing them both. The .us sight was pretty much dead already, and Oleg was not really doing anything to grow it.

I don't really go there often.. don't even have a login (which is maybe why this shows up for me when I go there):

Dispute Ended Amicably

 

Our first public post was made on Christmas Eve, 2002. As we approach our eighth birthday we are pleased to announce that an end to the dispute over ownership of THR has been reached.

 

"The Parties have amicably resolved their dispute and all parties have dismissed their claims against the other."

 

Sorry for any inconvenience, but the databases can't be merged so anyone who signed up at the .US site will need to register at THR to participate. THR welcomes everyone interested in civil firearms and RKBA discussions and we ask that all new or returning members carefully review the code of conduct and rules at TheHighRoad.org, since all members are expected to conduct themselves in accordance with these policies.

 

Everyone is happy that an amicable end to the rift is now behind us and that we all can get back to what matters, RKBA and the best firearms discussion on the internet.

 

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No, they did not merge the forums, they are simply pointing .us to .org. The forums of THR.US have become gunrightsmedia.com.

Derek is the sole owner of The High Road. I don't agree with this, Oleg was the one who created it, and Derek basically stole it from him by misusing his administrative access to the domain (Derek hosted THR for Oleg). This is my interpretation from reading the documents that were made public (the depositions and such).

 

The lawsuit was settled out of court, and the details of the settlement cannot be disclosed by either party. I just hope that if Derek gained ownership and rights to The High Road, that Oleg was compensated for it. Basically, I hope that the end result was that Oleg sold The High Road to Derek for a reasonable sum.

Update: I was right. Derek purchased the rights and ownership of The High Road from Oleg for an undisclosed sum.

 

http://www.gunrightsmedia.com/showthread.php?t=422088

I stopped going there when the schizum occurred, and see no reason to go back if Oleg lost out.

I had a membership in both, but I received no information e-mail or anything when the HighRoad.US sight became GunRightsMedia.com. I would've never known, especially since the .US site now redirects to the .ORG site.

There was a brief period of time when thehighroad.us directed to Gun Rights Media. For an even shorter time, GRM was "high-road green".

 

Too bad none of this was really disclosed-- it jut happened, and now GRM appears to everyone like a completely different site.

Completely different site with all of the old content and members from the .org days.

 

Eh, it is what it is.

It seems like a lot of people either didn't know or didn't care about the situation. The .org site was a lot more active than Oleg's .US site.

I like THR but the moderation can be a bit much sometimes. I like it here better because it's focused on Jersey.

I like it here better because we can screw around a little, right mods?

that is why there is a chat room.