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• 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-Toy Story

  http://www.villagevoice.com/news/e-toy-story-6420250
  In depth article on etoy's domain name fight with eToys, by Claire Barliant [Village Voice].

• 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]

• 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 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].

• Game Over

  http://www.villagevoice.com/news/game-over-6395633
  Lawsuit Dropping Follows Holiday Shopping at eToys. By Claire Barliant [Village Voice].

• 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].

• 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].

• 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]

• 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 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 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]

• Toy Story

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

• Toywars

  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].

 

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