Reglikedomain industry desk

Fight against USADA reminds me a lot of the arguments against UDRP — Lance Armstrong’s

Not enough time to respond to “kangaroo court”.

Lance Armstrong is fighting hard to not have to defend himself against the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), which he calls a “Kangaroo court”.

Armstrong wants nothing to do with the USADA process, so he’s trying to short circuit it by going to the courts. A lot of domain name owners have had it with UDRP, so they do the same thing.

His arguments sound a lot like the arguments made against the uniform domain name dispute resolution policy (UDRP) arbitration panels.

Among Armstrong’s grievances regarding the USDADA process:

* He doesn’t get enough time to respond to the complaint

* He may not get to cross examine witnesses/evidence

* The arbitration panel is by now predisposed to find againt him

Sound familiar?

(Editor’s note: as an Austin resident, I’m barred from ever thinking that Lance Armstrong is guilty of anything other than being an inspirational bad-ass.)

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