Plecofanatics.com is now back up

And thanks for the info Bas - very interesting that it affects damages.

Actually, with or without the copyright symbol all intellectual property published is copyrighted to the author. The only way content becomes public domain is if the author explicitly states it as so or if the copyright expires (American IP law has extended this over 50 years beyond the life of the ...

They are just giving him a chance to respond:

Hello,
In this case our actions will be:
1) Please confirm that you have account with us and provided the funds in order to renew the domain.
2) We will inform the owner about renewal and proceed after letting him know.

The moneys in the account ...

I have just paid the domains renewal on behalf of the owner (who is uncontactable) so the site should be back up and running within the next 48 hours. Don't forget to flush your dns (ipconfig /flushdns) and restart your browsers!