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'Be Grateful for Etoy' - http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/1999/12/33159 Opinions of John Perry Barlow, EFF co-founder, on the etoy/eToys lawsuit. By Steve Kettmann. [Wired News]

A Tale of Two eToys - http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,38205,00.html What happens when an e-commerce giant takes on a group of Swiss cyber-artists in court? Internet chaos. [Time].

Art and Commerce Collide Online - http://www.nytimes.com/library/financial/columns/123099internet-adcol.html 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.]

California Court Blocks Artists www.etoy.com Domain - http://www.artscope.net/NEWS/news121499-5.shtml News bulletin focussing on etoy as artists, based on Village Voice story. [Arts Wire].

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

E-Riots Threaten EToys.com - http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/1999/12/33111 "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]

e-TOYS: Hackers Try to Disrupt Internet Company - http://www.rtmark.com/more/articles/etoyfinancialtimes19991218.html "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]

Etoy Balks at Olive Branch - http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/1999/12/33351 A spokesman for etoy dismissed a peace offer Thursday from toy giant eToys as a "PR move". By Steve Kettman [Wired News].

Etoy Finally Back in Business - http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2000/02/34326 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].

Etoy Heads for New York City - http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2000/01/33811 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].

Etoy Wants Trademark 'Closure' - http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2001/01/41438 European Internet artists group called etoy has filed a complaint against online toy retailer eToys alleging trademark infringement. [Wired]

Etoy: 'The Fight Isn't Over' - http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/1999/12/33338 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].

Etoy: 'This Means toywar.com!' - http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2000/01/33711 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].

Etoy: 'This Means War' - http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/1999/12/33189 Report on the December 20 press conference at the MOMA, New York. By Jill Priluck [Wired News].

Etoy: Don't Forgive, Don't Forget - http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2000/01/33679 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].

Etoy: It's Not Over Yet - http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/12/30/1159249&mode=flat 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]

Etoy's allies aren't playing around - http://www.rtmark.com/more/articles/etoyUSAToday19991215.html "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]

eToys attacks show need for strong Web defenses - http://www.networkworld.com/news/1999/1220etoys.html 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]

eToys Drops Lawsuit Against Artist Group - http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/01/cyber/articles/26etoy.html 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.]

eToys Drops Lawsuit Against eToy - http://slashdot.org/yro/99/12/29/1538212.shtml Short note on eToys' offer to "back away" from legal claims [slashdot].

eToys Inc. Drops etoy Suit - For Real This Time - http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/01/25/2049214&mode=nested Discussion about the end of the domain name struggle. [Slashdot].

eToys Lawsuit Is No Fun for Artist Group - http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/12/cyber/artsatlarge/09artsatlarge.html Excellent article on the preliminary injunction against etoy and its aftermath. By Matt Mirapaul [New York Times, arts@large].

eToys Offers to Drop Suit Against Artists Group - http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/12/cyber/articles/30etoy.html 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].

EToys Relents, Won't Press Suit - http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/1999/12/33330 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].

eToys softens under grassroots pressure - http://www.theregister.co.uk/1999/12/30/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].

Fences in Cyberspace - http://www.heise.de/tp/english/inhalt/te/5490/1.html Recent events in the battle over domain names, with focus on etoy vs eToys, by Felix Stalder [Telepolis].

How the Etoy Campaign Was Won - http://www.heise.de/tp/english/inhalt/te/5843/1.html 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/5562/1.html - http://www.heise.de/tp/english/inhalt/te/5562/1.html The group formerly known as ETOY lost the first round of its battle with eToys. By Felix Stalder [Telepolis].

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

Is eToys paying in market cap for bullying etoy? - http://www.tbtf.com/archive/1999-12-16.html#s01 Report and discussion on the impact of etoy/eToys dispute on eToys' share value [Tasty Bits from the Technology Front].

ISP Blocked After eToys Protest - http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/12/cyber/articles/18etoy.html 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].

Major Toy Site, Um, Er, Sucks - http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/1999/12/33184 "Type in etoyssucks.com and voila, you're at the regular eToys Web site." [Wired News]

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

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

Sell eToys. Buy etoy. - http://www.h2so4.net/etoy.html Online retailer eToys sues art group etoy over domain name. Corporate profits and artistic freedom collide. By Richard Zach [h2so4].

The Boys Behind Etoy - http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2000/02/34018 If the Santa Monica-based executives of eToys never quite understood their opponents in the art group etoy, they are not alone. [Wired News].

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

The etoy Strikes Back - http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/01/26/2242206 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]

The Fine Art of Compromise - http://www.rtmark.com/more/articles/etoywashpost19991231.html EToys Seeks Peace in Trademark Battle With Artists' Web Site. By Richard Leiby [Washington Post].

The Name Game - http://www.seattleweekly.com/1999-12-08/news/the-name-game/ Column focusing on etoy/eToys conflict along with several other current domain-name news stories. By Angela Gunn [Seattle Weekly]

The Toy War Escalates - http://www.heise.de/tp/english/inhalt/te/5585/1.html etoy, ®TMark and the drop of eToys shares. By Felix Stalder [Telepolis]

This Means eWar! - http://www.citypages.com/1999-12-01/news/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]

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

Victory for Etoy Is At Hand - http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2000/01/33907 The domain-name battle between etoy and eToys has finally lurched to a conclusive end. By Steve Kettmann [Wired].

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

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