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Wants his domain name — Cocaine Bear

Wants his domain name — Cocaine Bear

High on cocaine and wanting a domain.

Image of the Cocaine Bear with the movie title next to it

The hot ticket at movie theaters this weekend is Cocaine Bear, a movie regarding a bear that does cocaine. It’s based on true events. Seriously.

You can see a trailer for the movie at its official site, CocaineBear.movie.

The bear wants more, though. Someone filed a cybersquatting complaint with National Arbitration Forum (case 2031224) to get the domain name CocaineBear.com.

While the forum doesn’t disclose who filed a complaint until it’s decided, you can bet it is someone involved with the movie. [Update: it might also be someone affiliate with the taxidermied cocaine bear, e.g. Kentucky by Kentucky.

CocaineBear.com was registered in May 2022, well following the movie was disclosed. The official .movie domain was registered in 2021. If you’re wondering why they didn’t pick up the .com at the time, it’s since someone else had registered it ahead of letting it expire.

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