 Microsoft offered to pay Rowe 's out @-@ of @-@ pocket expenses of $ 10 , the original cost of registering the domain name . Rowe countered asking instead for $ 10 @,@ 000 , later claiming that he did this because he was " mad at " Microsoft for their initial $ 10 offer . Microsoft declined the offer and sent a cease and desist order spanning 25 pages . Microsoft accused Rowe of setting up the site in order to try to force them into a large financial settlement , a practice known as cybersquatting . 
