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Report and discussion on the impact of etoy/eToys dispute on eToys' share value [Tasty Bits from
the Technology Front].
http://www.tbtf.com/archive/1999-12-16.html#s01
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A Tale of Two eToys
What happens when an e-commerce giant takes on a group of Swiss cyber-artists in court? Internet
chaos. [Time].
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,38205,00.html
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California Court Blocks Artists www.etoy.com Domain
News bulletin focussing on etoy as artists, based on Village Voice story. [Arts Wire].
http://www.artscope.net/NEWS/news121499-5.shtml
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Etoy: 'This Means toywar.com!'
etoy's new online game at toywar.com -- their way of celebrating their
pending victory over eToys --- offers a tour of
their world and what they're all about. By Steve Kettman [Wired News].
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,33711,00.html
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Etoy: Don't Forgive, Don't Forget
Etoy is likely to have its etoy.com Web site operational again, but the
Internet artists want everyone to know they're still
taking nothing for granted. By Steve Kettmann [Wired News].
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,33679,00.html
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The War over a Single Letter
etoy vs. eToys and civil disobedience via the web. By Sean M. Dugan [InfoWorld].
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/00/01/10/000110opprophet.xml
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Toying With Domain Names
As usual, there's more to this one than meets the eye. By David Fiedler
[WebDeveloper.com].
http://webdeveloper.com/refresh/refresh_122899.html
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ISP Blocked After eToys Protest
Access to Thing.net was blocked until one of its subscribers agreed to remove a protest site
directed against eToys. By Matt Mirapaul [New York Times].
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/12/cyber/articles/18etoy.html
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Etoy: It's Not Over Yet
It's one thing to drop a lawsuit. It's another to "move away" from it. Which version the
media heard depended on what time they were in touch with the eToys management.
[Slashdot]
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/12/30/1159249&mode=flat
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eToys Drops Lawsuit Against eToy
Short note on eToys' offer to "back away" from legal claims [slashdot].
http://slashdot.org/yro/99/12/29/1538212.shtml
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Etoy: 'The Fight Isn't Over'
Online toy retailer eToys might be willing to back off from its
domain-name struggle with the Zurich-based Internet artists of etoy,
but that doesn't mean this fight is necessarily over. By
Steve Kettmann [Wired News].
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,33338,00.html
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eToys Seeks Settlement in Dispute with etoy
Leading Internet toy retailer eToys extended an olive branch today in what could be the first
step in ending a bitter dispute with a Swiss-based art group that owns the domain name
etoy.com. By Patricia Jacobus [CNET News].
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-1509522.html?tag=st.ne.1002
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Prix Ars Electronica 1996
The jury's statement about the results of the Golden Nica awards, internet art category, 1996.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~kspaink/english/ArsPrix96.html
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eToys Offers to Drop Suit Against Artists Group
eToys Inc., the Web's leading toy retailer, said on Wednesday that it had offered to
drop its trademark-infringement lawsuit against etoy, a European group of online
conceptual artists whose supporters have mounted a vigorous Internet-based
campaign protesting the toy merchant's actions. By Matthew Mirapaul [New York Times].
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/12/cyber/articles/30etoy.html
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e-TOYS: Hackers Try to Disrupt Internet Company
"Cyber-activists are mounting a co-ordinated attempt to disrupt the operations
of eToys, a leading online toy store, and drive down the company's
stock price." By Louise Kehoe [Financial Times]
http://www.rtmark.com/more/articles/etoyfinancialtimes19991218.html
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EToys Relents, Won't Press Suit
After being pilloried in news groups and deluged by angry email, eToys
said it would not press its lawsuit against the Swiss art site
etoy. By Craig Bicknell [Wired News].
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,33330,00.html
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Etoy Balks at Olive Branch
A spokesman for etoy dismissed a peace offer Thursday from toy giant eToys as
a "PR move". By Steve Kettman [Wired News].
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,33351,00.html
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How the Etoy Campaign Was Won
Toywar I is over. After 81 days of heavy fighting, www.etoy.com is back with a great victory
parade. AGENT.nasdaq reports on the art of etoy and the campaign tactics. By Reinhold Grether
[Telepolis].
http://www.heise.de/tp/english/inhalt/te/5843/1.html
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The Domain Name Game
Reprint of Angela Gunn's Seattle Weekly Feature [LA Weekly].
http://www.laweekly.com/ink/00/05/cyber-gunn.shtml
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Etoy's allies aren't playing around
"This is a toy war, and protesters, calling for a ''digital sit-in'' starting today, want to
take down Net retailer eToys.com during its busiest season." By Janet Kornblum [USA Today]
http://www.rtmark.com/more/articles/etoyUSAToday19991215.html
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The Fine Art of Compromise
EToys Seeks Peace in Trademark Battle With Artists' Web Site. By Richard Leiby
[Washington Post].
http://www.rtmark.com/more/articles/etoywashpost19991231.html
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eToys attacks show need for strong Web defenses
Network-based attacks against eToys last week and the emergence of a particularly destructive
method for launching such raids are fresh reminders of the need for e-commerce sites to keep their
defenses sharp. By Ellen Messmer [Network World]
http://www.nwfusion.com/news/1999/1220etoys.html
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The Boys Behind Etoy
If the Santa Monica-based executives of eToys never quite understood
their opponents in the art group etoy, they are not alone. [Wired News].
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,34018,00.html
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Etoy: 'This Means War'
Report on the December 20 press conference at the MOMA, New York. By Jill Priluck [Wired News].
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,33189,00.html
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CNN Misrepresenting etoy vs. etoys Battle?
Discussion regarding the CNN coverage of domain dispute. [Slashdot]
http://slashdot.org/yro/99/12/21/1333222.shtml
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Game Over
Lawsuit Dropping Follows Holiday Shopping at eToys. By Claire Barliant [Village Voice].
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0001/barliant.shtml
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Major Toy Site, Um, Er, Sucks
"Type in etoyssucks.com and voila, you're at the regular eToys Web
site." [Wired News]
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,33184,00.html
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'Be Grateful for Etoy'
Opinions of John Perry Barlow, EFF co-founder, on the etoy/eToys lawsuit. By Steve Kettmann.
[Wired News]
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,33159,00.html
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The Name Game
Column focusing on etoy/eToys conflict along with several other current domain-name news stories.
By Angela Gunn [Seattle Weekly]
http://www.seattleweekly.com/features/9949/kiss-gunn.shtml
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Art and Commerce Collide Online
How valuable is an "s" on the Internet? Two combatants, separated in cyberspace by that
single letter, are about to find out. By Matthew Mirapaul. [New York Times] [Registration
required.]
http://www.nytimes.com/library/financial/columns/123099internet-adcol.html
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Etoy Wants Trademark 'Closure'
European Internet artists group called etoy has filed a complaint against online toy retailer eToys
alleging trademark infringement. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,41438,00.html
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E-Riots Threaten EToys.com
"The domain name battle between toy giant eToys.com and the Swiss art site formerly known as
etoy.com continues to escalate." By Steve Kettman [Wired News]
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,33111,00.html
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eToys Raises Domain Quandary
"A protest group called RTMark is enlisting the help of hackers to "destroy"
online toy seller eToys." By Liz Enbysk [ZDNet AnchorDesk]
http://www.zdnet.com:80/anchordesk/story/story_4236.html
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Etoy Finally Back in Business
The controversial Web site, www.etoy.com, was finally reactivated over the weekend by Network
Solutions, bringing to a close the domain-name fight between the Swiss Internet artists and the
American toyseller, eToys. By Steve Kettmann [Wired News].
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,34326,00.html
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The Toy War Escalates
etoy, ®TMark and the drop of eToys shares. By Felix Stalder [Telepolis]
http://www.heise.de/tp/english/inhalt/te/5585/1.html
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Etoy: They'll Take Manhattan
The renegade artists who defended their domain against the big toy e-tailer celebrate their victory
along with hundreds of supporters with a new display and a new CD. By Mark K. Anderson [Wired].
http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,36007,00.html
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Toying with Domain Names
The corporation-mocking Internet artists behind Swiss-based
etoy can feel the groundswell of support welling up behind them in their
dramatic court battle with the Rock & Roll
Elmo-pushers at etoys.com. By Steve Kettman [Wired News].
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,32936,00.html
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Trademark Infringement Suit
NPR's Madeleine Brand reports on a dispute between online toy retailer,
etoys.com, and a German arts group, etoy.com. The toy company is suing the
arts group for trademark infringement. Requires RealAudio player [NPR Morning
Edition].
http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/me/19991213.me.06.ram
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Sell eToys. Buy etoy.
Online retailer eToys sues art group etoy over domain name. Corporate profits and artistic freedom
collide. By Richard Zach [h2so4].
http://www.h2so4.net/etoy.html
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Press about etoy
Collection of press coverage of etoy and RTMark's etoy Fund.
http://rtmark.com/etoypress.html
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We Have a Winnah!
Sometimes nice guys finish first. By David Fiedler [WebDeveloper.com ].
http://www.webdeveloper.com/refresh/refresh_012700.html
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eToys Inc. Drops etoy Suit - For Real This Time
Discussion about the end of the domain name struggle. [Slashdot].
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/01/25/2049214&mode=nested
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Victory for Etoy Is At Hand
The domain-name battle between etoy and eToys has finally lurched to a
conclusive end. By Steve Kettmann [Wired].
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,33907,00.html
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eToys settles Net name dispute with etoy
A little-known Swiss art group operating under the "www.etoy.com" Web address emerged
victorious this afternoon after settling a bitter dispute with leading online toy retailer
eToys. By Patricia Jacobus [C|Net].
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-1531854.html?tag=st.cn.1.
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Web Revolts Against eToys
Opinion piece arguing that eToys' actions are "another attempt to control the internet through
litigation." [TechMall].
http://www.techmall.com/techdocs/TS991210-2.html
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eToys Lawsuit Is No Fun for Artist Group
Excellent article on the preliminary injunction against etoy and its aftermath. By Matt Mirapaul
[New York Times, arts@large].
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/12/cyber/artsatlarge/09artsatlarge.html
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etoy Domain Name Battle Intensifies
The battle between eToys.com and etoy.com escalated this week when etoy representatives came from
Switzerland to the US to rally against the court order that prevents the company from using its
domain name. By John Geralds [VNUnet.com]
http://www.vnunet.com/News/104727
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Toy Story
Article on the domain name dispute, by Mark Gimein [Salon.com].
http://www.salonmagazine.com:80/tech/log/1999/11/30/etoys/index.html
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E-Toy Story
In depth article on etoy's domain name fight with eToys, by Claire Barliant [Village Voice].
http://www.villagevoice.com:80/issues/9948/barliant.shtml
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Search Me
Article by Andrew Leonard on the Digital Hijack project [hotwired].
http://www.hotwired.com/packet/leonard/96/32/index3a.html
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eToys Drops Lawsuit Against Artist Group
eToys Inc., the Internet's leading toy retailer, agreed on Tuesday to drop its
trademark-infringement lawsuit against etoy, a group of online conceptual artists in Europe. By
Matthew Mirapaul. [New York Times] [Registration required.]
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/01/cyber/articles/26etoy.html
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The etoy Strikes Back
eToys is (not surprisingly) continuing to pursue its trademark on "ETOYS", which etoy
(not surprisingly) feels endangers its right to continue using its name. [Slashdot]
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/01/26/2242206
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eToys softens under grassroots pressure
Online toy mega-merchant eToys conceded that popular support for the Swiss art group etoy
encouraged it to offer a settlement to an old domain-name contest. The company offered to
withdraw its suit if etoy withdraws its counter suit. By Thomas C Greene [The Register].
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/8517.html
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Fences in Cyberspace
Recent events in the battle over domain names, with focus on etoy vs eToys, by Felix Stalder
[Telepolis].
http://www.heise.de/tp/english/inhalt/te/5490/1.html
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Interview with etoy
By Geri Wittig [switch].
http://switch.sjsu.edu/web/v5n3/I-1.html
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Toywars
The group formerly known as ETOY lost the first round of its battle with eToys. By Felix Stalder
[Telepolis].
http://www.heise.de/tp/english/inhalt/te/5562/1.html
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Etoy Heads for New York City
Now that they have won an apparent victory over Santa Monica-based eToys,
the Internet artists of etoy have their eyes on taking
Manhattan. By Steve Kettmann [Wired News].
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,33811,00.html
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No EToy for Christmas
Coverage of the toywar, including a perspective on domain name dispute resolution. Very lively
discussion. [slashdot]
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/12/01/2156208&mode=thread
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