Originally Posted by Helios

I just registered what I believe to be a really good domain, at the time I didnt even realise it had previously been registered and left to expire.

I noticed when on google there are quite a few sites already linking to it, then on the wayback machine I found that it was a website since 1997 then expired a few months ago.

I dont know much about the expired domain business, is there any chance someone might ask for it back... would they be entitled to it? - it is not a business name or trade mark as far as I know.