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I accidentally let my personal domain name, myfirstnamemylastname.com expire, and a Japanese porn-ish site immediately scooped it up. That was over a year ago, and they still seem to own it.

It doesn't make sense for them to have it, since I have an obscure Eastern-European name, and it's just that with a .com on the end.

This looks bad when potential employers, clients, and friends Google/search me. Instead I bought myfirstnamemylastname.ca (I'm Canadian) and myfirstnamemylastname.info, but the .com is still porny.

I want my domain back, but I don't want to launch/pay for huge legal proceedings. I certainly don't want to pay the Japanese company a ransom.

What's the simplest thing I should do?

This has been a thorn in my side for far too long, and I'll really appreciate your suggestions. Thanks in advance guys!