Listen to Mark being interviewed by the Garry Show, a radio program in Waterloo, Ontario (8.3 MB download)

Lesia Stangret Financial Post In a move that will be welcome in Canada and abroad, the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia, reversed the decision in a cyberstalking case last week that had started to worry authorities concerned with transborder cybercrime. The case involves Sara Ballingall, a Canadian actress, and Brian Andrew Sutcliffe of Melbourne. Ms.…

Cyberstalking case spans globe: Australian court rules man must face trial on accusations by Canadian Degrassi actor Anne Marie Owens National Post Photo Courtesy of http://www.degrassi.ca Sara Ballingall played Melanie on Degrassi High, which appeared on TV in Canada from 1986 to 1991. An Australian man will go on trial for allegedly cyberstalking a Canadian…

The Record (Waterloo Region) Opinion, Tuesday, March 6, 2001, p. A06 Name is caught in a tangled Web Regan Buchholz Regarding the Feb. 10 article, Degrassi Meddles With Fan’s Domain, are modern companies really that ignorant? It seems there has been miscommunication between University of Waterloo student Mark Polger — a fan of the Degrassi…

Ottawa Citizen Online Cult TV: A Canadian Arts Export Shows forgotten at home spawn worldwide passion Tony Atherton, The Ottawa CitizenSaturday, 17 February 2001 There are, in our midst, certain TV programs that provoke an intense, almost savage, loyalty. They inspire fan conventions, nostalgic cast reunions on afternoon talk shows, and massive mail-in campaigns whenever…

By Roger Montgomery I was on my way out the door with a rare pocket full of cash to purchase the airfare tickets to New Orleans for a much needed vacation when the phone call came. My agent did her best to contain her elation, but it was the mother lode. The role of math…

News, Saturday, February 10, 2001, p. A2 Regional News Degrassi fan threatened with suit over use of name Torstar News Service Kitchener – A local university student says he has been threatened with a lawsuit if he doesn’t relinquish Internet domain names for his Web sites about the Degrassi TV series. Mark Polger, a huge…

Degrassi meddles with fan’s domain; Show wants rights to Web addresses Joel Rubinoff Record staff Kitchener – As he strides anxiously about his tiny Kitchener apartment, Mark Polger is, if not livid, then at the very least, greatly annoyed. “They’re bullying me,” says the rumpled 26-year-old, holding a statement of claim filed against him by…

Epitome hits the fan Degrassi devotee fights to hold on to his Web domains by NAOMI BLOCH Last fall, Web-porn entrepeneur Dan Parisi lost the right to publish his triple-X skin site at http://www.madonna.com after an international arbitration panel ruled that Parisi had profited unfairly on the back of illustrious ray of light Madonna. The…

The Front: February 1, 2001   Epitome hits the fan Degrassi devotee fights to hold on to his Web domains by NAOMI BLOCH Last fall, Web-porn entrepeneur Dan Parisi lost the right to publish his triple-X skin site at http://www.madonna.com after an international arbitration panel ruled that Parisi had profited unfairly on the back of illustrious…