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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/techbiz/media/news/1999/12/33159

» 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

» 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

» CNN Misrepresenting etoy vs. etoys Battle?
   Discussion regarding the CNN coverage of domain dispute. [Slashdot]
   http://slashdot.org/yro/99/12/21/1333222.shtml

» 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

» 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/politics/law/news/1999/12/33111

» 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/politics/law/news/1999/12/33330

» 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/politics/law/news/1999/12/33351

» 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/culture/lifestyle/news/2000/02/34326

» 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/culture/lifestyle/news/2000/01/33811

» 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/politics/law/news/2001/01/41438

» 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

» 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/politics/law/news/1999/12/33338

» 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/techbiz/media/news/1999/12/33189

» 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/politics/law/news/2000/01/33711

» 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/techbiz/media/news/2000/01/33679

» 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://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/12/30/1159249&mode=flat

» 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

» 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

» 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

» Interview with etoy
   By Geri Wittig [switch].
   http://switch.sjsu.edu/web/v5n3/I-1.html

» Is eToys paying in market cap for bullying etoy?
   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

» 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/techbiz/media/news/1999/12/33184

» No EToy for Christmas
   Coverage of the toywar, including a perspective on domain name dispute resolution. Very lively discussion. [slashdot]
   http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/12/01/2156208

» Press about etoy
   Collection of press coverage of etoy and RTMark's etoy Fund.
   http://rtmark.com/etoypress.html

» 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

» 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/culture/lifestyle/news/2000/02/34018

» The Domain Name Game
   Reprint of Angela Gunn's Seattle Weekly Feature [LA Weekly].
   http://www.laweekly.com/art+books/cyber/the-domain-name-game/6094/

» 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

» 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/1999-12-08/news/the-name-game/

» 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

» 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://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/01/26/2242206

» This Means eWar!
   Online retailing giant eToys.com plays legal hardball with a similarly named group of digital artists. By Claire Barliant [City Pages, Twin Cities]
   http://www.citypages.com/1999-12-01/news/this-means-ewar

» Toy Story
   Article on the domain name dispute, by Mark Gimein [Salon.com].
   http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/11/30/etoys/

» 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

» 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/politics/law/news/2000/01/33907

» Wired: Toying With Domain Names
   etoy vs. etoys.
   http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/1999/12/32936

» 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

» 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

» 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

» 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

» 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

» 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 prote
   http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/12/cyber/articles/30etoy.html

» 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.networkworld.com/news/1999/1220etoys.html

» 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 [T
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/1999/12/30/etoys_softens_under_grassroots_pressure/