How Effective is Online Dispute Resolution?

Posted by Cliff on Wednesday October 22, 2003 @07:43PM from the grading-the-mediators dept.

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?"

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Russian mafia by Anonymous Coward · 2003-10-22 19:52 · Score: 3, Funny

Reasonable fees and fast resolution service. Success guaranteed, although most of the work is really done offline.
computer lawyer? by Johnny+Mnemonic · 2003-10-23 00:49 · Score: 3, Funny
A "computer lawyer"? Does that look something like:

Hello! It looks like you're trying to stake a patent claim! Would you like me to:
- Send out invoices?
- Issue a press release?
- Contact your attorney?
Kidding aside, is that actual specialty of law now?
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