I just did a check: I went to NetworkSolutions.com and pretended I was searching for a domain to register. I typed in "ffffgggg.com" and, yes, the domain was available. I then went to GoDaddy.com and typed in the same domain--it was unavailable and held by Network Solutions. What Bret Fausett doesn't get is that Network Solutions doesn't own that domain--they simply are allowed, through ICANN, to "sell" it to people who want to register it. They have no prior rights to that domain. Network Solution's only service is to offer a way for people to register domains. Those domains are virtual real estate that, prior to their registration, are owned by no one. Essentially, Network Solutions has taken ownership of the domain by "reserving" it--if this is not fraud, is at least robbery.