Sorry, yes, bank not company. The point here is that these companies can and harass people in many ways, some more obnoxious and difficult to counter than others, if they think that they're going to get their money and/or property back. And you only have to look at the stupidity ICANN is going through with the .net domain registrar process to realise that the business of domain names is just as sticky and murky as any other.

As an aside, I often wonder one things about that Man 1 Bank 0 story. Firstly, why the second bank refused to honour the cheque the first bank had credited. It was a legal instrument and everything in the story confirms this. Though I wished Patrick had got a lawyer and fought (and, almost certainly, won the right to his ~$95,000), I can understand him not wanting to go through the hassle, especially if he can't pay a lawyer up front.

And this is why the legal system is blatantly unfair.

Paul