How Effective is Online Dispute Resolution?

An anonymous reader asks: "I recently had a website stolen from my ownership and removed from my hosting company. The hosting companies all say that everything looked legitimate to them, but I know it isn't and I can prove it. ICANN, WIPO and other dispute resolution services are expensive and I do not have the money to pursue. What alternatives are there as far as online dispute resolutions and other forms of mediation? I have talked to a computer lawyer and they were of no help because they were not familiar with this situation either. What methods of dispute resolution (auctions, domain names, etc.) have others at Slashdot used? How effective are they?"

Comments

goatse.cx

[sICE]

ok, ok, i know it's out of topic, trolling and blah, but if you know goatse.cx (and who doesnt on /.), the pumkin is a must see...

Re:Expensive

[Johnny Mnemonic]

I'm at the moment halfway through lawschool, and one thing I have learned is this: getting justice done is expensive.

I guess I should be more surprised that that's the "one" thing you've learned. I guess I might have expected that you'd have learned something about the law before learning how to bill for your services--but then maybe I shouldn't have, really.