DireStraits.com

[Tobben]

Www.direstraits.com

Thoughts?

[quizzaciously]

Www.direstraits.com

Thoughts?

Mark is also need to pay the mortgage

[Tobben]

Hahaha 😂👍

[quizzaciously]

Notice that the YouTube link on the bottom leads to... TUNNEL OF LOVE. Seriously, that's the link:



What's happening? Apart from the mortgage of course

[cannibals]

Www.direstraits.com

Thoughts?

How long is this site up and running???

[Tobben]

Www.direstraits.com

Thoughts?

How long is this site up and running???

Not that long! It wasn't like this a couple of weeks ago. It used to be linked directly to markknopfler.com

[cannibals]

Very strange then. Could this have anything to do with the Hall of Fame in april 

[Tobben]

Very strange then. Could this have anything to do with the Hall of Fame in april 

To me it would make sense that they create a DS site for information and stuff like that, now when DS are going to be inducted into the RRHF. What I think is going to be interesting now; are they going to do more out of it?

[Jarle]

The site is new, and it states "Dire Straits - The Official website of Dire Straits". That's the first time ever, isn't it? That there has been an official website related to Dire Straits. Must mean something

[binone]

It belongs to a brand management agency, that claims they works with Mark Knopfler and other big names.

For me is a shame, because they are asking for our personal data first, and they do in an unsecure web (no https). The web itself is full of nothing, very unprofessional IMHO. I don´t even think they have the rights to  commerce with Dire Straits brand, just the Mark Knopfler one.

[Jarle]

Guy now:

Q: "Hello Guy, just to your and our knowledge. Is this website any kind of official? They claim it is. Also, is not secured (https) when asking for people´s personal data."

A: "No, of course it's not. There is NO official DS band website as the band no longer exists, just the many tribute and fan sites. Be careful out there."

[quizzaciously]

Guy now:

Q: "Hello Guy, just to your and our knowledge. Is this website any kind of official? They claim it is. Also, is not secured (https) when asking for people´s personal data."

A: "No, of course it's not. There is NO official DS band website as the band no longer exists, just the many tribute and fan sites. Be careful out there."

Yeah, probably direstraits.com domain is very cheap and of course was free to use by anybody

With that said, the form is suspicious as it can be.

[Jules]

It's official, the information of the company that registered it it's the same that runs the official MK site:

https://www.whois.com/whois/direstraits.com

Registrant Contact
Name:
OfficialCommunity Webmaster
Organization:
The Official Community Corporation
Street:
2238 Dundas Street West, P.O. Box 59039
City:
Toronto
State:
Ontario
Postal Code:
M6R 3B5
Country:
CA
Phone:
+1.4164699809
Fax:
+1.4165165839
Email:
email@officialcommunity.com
Administrative Contact
Name:
OfficialCommunity Webmaster
Organization:
The Official Community Corporation
Street:
2238 Dundas Street West, P.O. Box 59039
City:
Toronto
State:
Ontario
Postal Code:
M6R 3B5
Country:
CA
Phone:
+1.4164699809
Fax:
+1.4165165839
Email:
email@officialcommunity.com
Technical Contact
Name:
OfficialCommunity Webmaster
Organization:
The Official Community Corporation
Street:
2238 Dundas Street West, P.O. Box 59039
City:
Toronto
State:
Ontario
Postal Code:
M6R 3B5
Country:
CA
Phone:
+1.4164699809
Fax:
+1.4165165839
Email:
email@officialcommunity.com

[cannibals]

Then why Guy is saying it is not official 

[Jules]

Then why Guy is saying it is not official 

Because Guy is a musician that works for MK as musician, producer and engineer, not the person who manage all aspects in MK career, that's Paul Crockford, his manager.

Is PC who did the contract with the company that runs the official MK site, that is the same that owns the DS site we are talking about.