I'm a bit confused as to exactly what your argument is with. You seem to have two issues - one with a WHOIS privacy guard, and the other is someone owning a dom

I'm a bit confused as to exactly what your argument is with. You seem to have two issues - one with a WHOIS privacy guard, and the other is someone owning a domain. 1) Why did you have to pay GoDaddy, and couldn't you just email DOMAIN@domainsbyproxy.com to ask if they wanted to sell - it probably get's forwarded to their actual registered email. I for one like WHOIS privacy guards - I don't want my name, address, and mobile phone number freely available on the internet just because I have a domain registered for personal use. 2) Your analogy to public property doesn't hold up. I can buy property, and even if you know who I am, you can't force me to sell. Maybe I do own the domain, but I'm just not using it for a website - how do you know? now defunct Public Relations company in Canada (probably holding onto it for namesake) It might be owned by creditors now, who plan to use it later. Or plan to resell it. They're well within their rights to do that.