The Truth Hurts

Got this today.. sounds like entrapment:


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Dear Sirs,

I work for a UK company which may be interested in purchasing the domain
name ****dvdrental.com.

Could you please let me know if you are willing to sell the domain and
if so what is the price.

Yours faithfully

**** *****


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Intellectual Property: The ****Group of companies has built up a significant reputation in the name "****" and has a number of trademark applications and registrations in many countries.
****Group cannot permit others to use the "****" name without the group's rights being prejudiced.
It follows that no use should be made of the name "****" (or anything similar to it) without our consent.
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now I looked them up... they go after people with **** in their domains... sometimes winning, sometimes losing..

For the record, **** is such a generic term it's tough to believe they have the exclusive right to plunk it in front of any word they want.

they've even got a dedicated "brand thieves" section on their site... and they even have their own anti sites out there....