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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File for theft. by kabocox · 2003-10-23 02:49 · Score: 3, Interesting

Go down to your local police station and file a police report saying that your electronic busniess name and address that you were paying X amount per Y time were stolen from you. Do a look up on the current "owner." Present all your information to your local police and you should at least be able to get a misd. theft on the individual.

I don't know if it would work, but it is worth a shot. I know my local police would atleast look into it.