It seems to me that they really want this domain. Maybe they should just buy the company that owns it?
You must understand that in Denmark this is normal. I used to dabble in .dk names until this happened: I got a letter from their local...
This is actually spot-on, given that the AI companies stole our collective works to train their models. It's the natural next step. My .ci domains are waiting, lol.
Why not both? I stopped using escrow.com when they asked me for the scan of the official ID. I am not sending any such documents to the USA, where privacy laws are non-existent. And then this happens.
The same happened to .qa and they don't seem to be walking back on that. Investing in ccTLD domains is starting to look like a minefield.
^ info from CentralNic