The ISP has replied that the "situation" will be corrected or the account killed and that is the only thing currently forestalling me from going upstream to their provider (ttd.com). As to the "dogs of war" I've taken the liberty of sending the appropriate URLs to LucasFilms Ltd, Steven Spielberg Productions, Marvel Comics Group, Time Warner/AOL, Paramount Productions, Renaissance Pictures, 20th Century Fox, and the holding company managing the estate of Groucho Marx. I figger that should keep him busy for a while :-)