For the domain CyanogenMod.com demanded redemption

The CyanogenMod team (which released version 10 on Tuesday), and the one behind the most popular custom Android firmware, which installs into millions, has been embroiled in a curious story that began with the loss of the official website and eventually ended with a move from cyanogenmod.com to cyanogenmod.org.

According to the official blog of the project, disassembly within the team began when it turned out that the unnamed domain owner cyanogenmod.com (the domain was purchased in 2009 and “donated” to the not yet very popular firmware) began to present itself as the head of CyanogenMod and tried to make money from referral projects with other sites. The team tried to stop this clandestine activity and asked to rewrite the domain itself, but then the owner requested $ 10,000 for it ...

The team naturally has no such money, and they refused to pay for such impudent extortion, after which the person simply drowned out the domain. In addition, access to the Google Apps for Business account was lost. Steve Kondik himself (Cyanogen) initiated a trial at ICANN to return the domain, and the team began moving to CyanogenMod.org.
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Later Kondik announced on Twitter that the domain was returned to the team, but cyanogenmod.org will remain the main one and cyanogenmod.com will now simply redirect visitors to it. And the CyanogenMod team is forced to restructure, to prevent a recurrence of such an incident.