Re: How is this STILL a thing!?
Yep, same battle here and all over the country I expect. The domain name is normally about 40 Chars long and they'll have also bought a load of other TLDs to go with; .co.uk,.com, .net, .org, .org.uk, .uk, .info (because cyber-squatting and brand protection) all under a personal domain registration, on a PCard and used those domains in printed PDFs and advertising material - thus proving how we 100% can't let these domains go.
We are winning but it's a game of whack-a-mole trying to keep on top of this type of domain/website procurement - I feel your pain!
Biting the hand that feeds IT
