Why would OP have taken a screenshot of the whois prior to the second auction? "brazenly been stolen "? Come on... If they have an explicit policy granting ri

Why would OP have taken a screenshot of the whois prior to the second auction? "brazenly been stolen "? Come on... If they have an explicit policy granting rights to winners of auctions, there's something, but otherwise, they are likely close enough to the bounds of any externally binding regulatory policies for it to not matter. Did you take part in the second auction or just walk off the field in protest? You can't win if you don't play and just because they didn't explicitly describe all possible outcomes for unforeseen issues, you feel they have no ground to do as they want? Just because they didn't say this was a possibility doesn't mean it's not in their purview to do it. Caveat emptor always for everything not explicitly granted to the emptor in the contract.