domain usurpation

[ethanms-3eIyBh1IPLBBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org (Ethan Schwartz)]

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.
>
>
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"...