Ok, I just wanna add a few things. And I'll preface this by saying (something I have noted before) that I have a good friend who LOVES Michael and IS a fan (not "sick", as suggested) and does believe very much in the hoax. I have tried for many months to convince her otherwise, but I've not been successful...YET. She has shared many things with me that she discovers on the hoax sites (most of which I've seen surfacing in the IU the last week or two)...because she is also always trying to convince ME that MJ is not dead. It's an exhausting tug of war between us, but I respect her, and she respects me, and so we simply agree to disagree. But to my points...
1. There is no proof of any connection between any of the hoax sites to Sony. This was suggested on some of the hoax sites, but no one could ever back it up with any FACTS. It's all speculation. Sony has its own servers...do a WhoIs check of any Sony-owned domain and you will see that for yourself. If they did create any hoax site, they'd have no need to pay for hosting from another company, because they own their own servers. Anonymity? No, sorry, but they can privately register their domain regardless of hosting, so again, no need for hosting anywhere outside of their own servers. And guess what, the original hoax site(s) were C-R-A-P, full of errors and always going down. If Sony wanted to push hoax theories, I think they'd create better websites with which to do it.
2. The original hoax site....michaeljacksonhoaxdeath.com...was owned by Amy S. And when that domain was first registered, it was NOT a private registration. It showed her name and her address in Australia, and showed registered as June 25. Someone earlier described pretty accurately what happened with the multiple closings of that site and its reincarnations. I posted on the original hoax site for a little while as "JustTina," in a wasted effort to offer evidence to refute the hoax. So I am aware of much of what happened there. The site is now owned (allegedly) by other people and is located at
http://www.michaeljacksonhoaxdeath.net/forum/
3. MJKit was meant only to be a "backup" site but was run by other people. That site closed (but is still visible) to be opened in a new format. It's now located at:
http://michaeljacksonhoaxforum.com
4. Why would someone create a hoax site on June 25? Are they an MJ "hater?" Maybe. Or maybe a better word would be: opportunist (and I don't mean that in a complimentary sort of way). Does anyone realize how many michael jackson death-related domains were registered on or after June 25? It was a LOT! They have words in them like "death" "funeral" "autopsy" and so on. Do some Googling and see for yourself. It's mind-boggling. And why did they do it? Easy: to make money or to generate traffic...that would ultimately generate income. They don't have to hate MJ to open a website. Some probably do, or are just completely apathetic, but haters don't corner the market on making money off of MJ.
5. Calling hoax-believers "sick" or "disrespectful" is not really right, IMHO. Yeah, there ARE some sick folks among them. But guess what? There are sick folks who don't believe in the hoax too. Just because they believe MJ is alive doesn't make them sick--in denial, sure, a normal (allbeit extreme) part of the natural stages of grief, but not necessarily "sick." And to say that they are disrespecting MJ's legacy and/or his family or anything else? Well, um, there are plenty of people out there who think that the murder/conspiracy believers are just as "disrespectful." I have read AWFUL, DEPLORABLE comments online from people, aimed at anyone who believes MJ's death was anything but a tragic accident. Are they right? I don't think so. No matter what the truth is about MJ's death, any one person's belief is not "sick" or "disrespectful" as long as they have love for MJ at the heart of it.
6. To say anyone is not a fan just because they believe something that you don't, smacks of hubris just a bit. Who gets to define what a Michael Jackson fan is? Is there some doctrine somewhere on that I have missed somehow? We don't have to agree with anyone else's thoughts on Michael's death, but that doesn't give any one of us the right to say someone else is not a fan, simply because they believe differently than we do. My friend, the hoax-believer, knows far more about MJ than I ever will...has every bit of music, dvd, book, you name it in her collection (you can't even call what I have a "collection.") She LOVES him. Period. And while I do question her judgment on MJ's death, I have never ever questioned her love for him, nor will I. If that girl is not one of his biggest fans, then no one is.
7. The info on the screenshot from Google about the original hoax site, that came from a blogger who took it upon him (or her) self to dog and trash Amy, because they believe she only created the hoax site to make money. That blogger really, REALLY does not like Amy and uses very rough language, so if you want to check out their site, you are forewarned:
http://www.mjhdconspiracy.blogspot.com/ I like that blogger though. He's seriously harsh and abrasive (if it's a he, not sure!), but he has been calling out Amy (and now the other hoax sites)almost from the beginning. And to my knowledge, he is the one who got the original Google screenshot, etc. Dig into the older posts there and you will find all that. Head's up though: that blogger DOES believe MJ is alive. He just doesn't buy into the B*llsh*t that most of them come up with as "clues" to the hoax.
Finally, I will say what pains me every time I have to say it: I believe that Michael Jackson is dead. I believe that the most likely cause of death was murder, and I am just waiting now and hoping for justice for a death that should never have happened. But I respect any fan who believes MJ is still alive, and I fully believe that just as I have a right to believe MJ was likely murdered, so do they have the right to question and investigate.