The corporation division of the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth have no records associated with Edrama, Encyclopedia Dramatica, lollershop or Donuttowne in their database. This is problematic for at least the following reasons. Edrama is not a corporation authorized to transact business in Michigan so DeGrippo may have personal liability. Consumers and government authorities can find no information on how to contact the registered agent of Encyclopedia Dramatica/Edrama LLC, or find out if it is in good standing, unless they also know it is a Delaware corporation.
Edrama LLC was set up to control Encyclopedia Dramatica (ED), Whatport80, ClickBangPop and other related businesses. It is registered in Delaware, incorporated on March 20 2007, with the file number 4304035. Their agent is:
THE COMPANY CORPORATION | |||
Address: | 2711 CENTERVILLE ROAD SUITE 400 | ||
City: | WILMINGTON | County: | NEW CASTLE |
State: | DE | Postal Code: | 19808 |
Phone: | (302)636-5440 |
Edrama owns the 208.99.87.128/27 netblock.
Queried whois.arin.net with "n ! NET-208-99-87-128-1"...
NetRange: 208.99.87.128 - 208.99.87.159
CIDR: 208.99.87.128/27
OriginAS: AS29789
NetName: EDRAMAC3399IP1834
NetHandle: NET-208-99-87-128-1
Parent: NET-208-99-64-0-1
NetType: Reassigned
RegDate: 2009-01-18
Updated: 2009-01-18
Ref: http://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-208-99-87-128-1
OrgName: EDRAMA LLC
OrgId: EDRAM-1
Address: PO BOX 20267
City: Kalamazoo
StateProv: MI
PostalCode: 49019-0267
Country: US
RegDate: 2009-01-18
Updated: 2009-01-18
Ref: http://whois.arin.net/rest/org/EDRAM-1
OrgTechHandle: EDRAM-ARIN
OrgTechName: EDrama Support
OrgTechPhone: +1-773-572-8910
OrgTechEmail: support@encyclopediadramatica.com
OrgTechRef: http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/EDRAM-ARIN
RAbuseHandle: EDRAM1-ARIN
RAbuseName: EDrama Abuse
RAbusePhone: +1-773-572-8910
RAbuseEmail: abuse@encyclopediadramatica.com
RAbuseRef: http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/EDRAM1-ARIN
The bolded address and phone number is contact information that is also used by ClickBangPop, a business that sells ad space only on Encyclopedia Dramatica. The phone number is Sherrod DeGrippo's cell phone number.
Here are the domains currently hosted on Edrama's netblock.
- rococo2010.org 208.99.87.131
- whatport80.com 208.99.87.132
- whatrumors.com 208.99.87.132
- encyclopediadramatica.com 208.99.87.133
- clickbangpop.com 208.99.87.139
- forums.encyclopediadramatica.com 208.99.87.140
- decori.st 208.99.87.143
DeGrippo and Thornton also have several other domains hosted by Dreamhost.
- addisonthornton.com
- blog.encyclopediadramatica.com
- bonertronindustries.com
- bsdiva.com
- donuttowne.com
- lolandorder.com
- lollershop.com
- lulzcon.com
- nerdlunch.com
- prnm.org
- shutdowned.org
- thorntonindustries.com
- usersecrets.com
decori.st is DeGrippo's vanity home decorating blog.
lollershop.com sells t shirts and ED forum account add ons. It is run out of a home owned by DeGrippo and Andrew Thornton in Kalamazoo MI.
shutdowned.org is a fake petition site. Ostensibly its purpose was to shut down ED. Its petition book is now filled with link spam.
prnm.org is "Parents for Responsible New Media". The mission statement from the website says they intend "on creating a safe, appropriate environment for children and families in all forms of new media. We are an international membership organization dedicated to creating a safer world of New Media for all. Members include leaders in industry, education, government and technology." There will be more about this later.