Not sure what to think on that one but I suppose things can happen with domain names. I hope my memory is right here and that I am commenting fairly but I have a feeling Max did once own mudcat.com but let go of it when a long established maker of dredges challenged in a not too friendly manner.
I was approached via email several times by someone who had bought and wanted to sell me folkinfo.com - I may be exaggerating a little here but a sort of you need to buy my domain name or as my com is greater than your org I can take "customers" from you.