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Isn't the title misleading?

- The guy wasn't domain squatting at all.

- They weren't Wedgies.com (they were Wedgi.es)

- They didn't sidestep him at all. They negotiated fairly.

If you like domain stories, check out Klouts.. (Which I actually prefered to this story). I kind of felt mislead after reading this artciel (albeit it was an enjoyable story).

http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/29/how-klout-got-klout-com/

The title is also misleading because it claims they "sidestepped" the owner. They did not sidestep the owner at all; they tracked him down and paid for the domain.Sidestepping would have been filing a complaint with ICANN about the lack of proper contact information. Which would have been cheaper and possibly quite effective.

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