domain usurpation

[Daniel Feenberg]

On Wed, 22 Sep 2010, Ethan Schwartz wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 2:21 PM, Rob Hasselbaum <rob-IdUdaS/NwSyQrzRDRVclEQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>> Unfortunately, there are people out there who will buy up expired domain
>> names hoping to make a profit when the previous owner realizes they forgot
>> to renew. It's annoying, but legal.

Is it likely that the usurper paid for the name? Isn't it likely that they 
will fail to pay, and the domain name will return to availability in a 
week? I understand that there is now a minimum charge of a few cents to 
even reserve a name for a week, or did that not go into effect?

Daniel Feenberg

>>
>>
> This happened to a friend of mine several years ago, he let the registration
> expire and a company immediately (same day) registered it themselves...
> after a bitter dispute in which they attempted to extort a few hundred from
> him, he was forced to let it go and get a new name.
>
> It's still out there "for sale"...
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