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From: wunderkind@etoy.com Save Address Block Sender
To: "luzius bernhard" <hans_extrem@hotmail.com>
Subject: TOYWAR: etoy.com SHOT DOWN BY US COURT
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 14:59:55 +0100

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    SHOCKING NEWS: the preliminary injunction
    blocking the www.etoy.com domain was accepted
    by the californian state court yesterday.
    this is not totally surprising but it is still
    hardcore. the etoy.ATTORNEYS didn't expect that
    this could be practiced. its far away from being
    clean.

    the judge john p. shook listened to the attorneys,
    nodded and then took out the following prepared
    text and signed it:

    ***********
    defendant etoy corporation d/b/a etoy ("etoy"), and
    any and all persons acting on behalf or in concern
    with etoy, are hereby enjoined from doing any of the
    following pending final adjudication of this action:

    1. operating a website with the domain name of
    www.etoy.com
    2. using, displaying or otherwise exploiting in any
    way the domain name www.etoy.com in connection with
    the digital hijack.
    3. selling, offering to sell, soliciting offers to
    purchase shares of unregistered shares "etoy stock"
    to any person in the united states or in california.

    signed november 29, 1999: john p. shook, judge, los
    angeles county superior court.

    ***********

    this was it. NO CHANCE. NOT AT ALL. NO REAL DISCUSSION.
    NO INTEREST IN THE DETAILS AND HIDDEN MOTIVES  FOR THIS
    COMPLAINT (which is MONEY and nothing else!).

    "with this decision we are literally knocked out and had
    to shut down our apache web server a few hours later.
    one of the hardest moments in our successful history.
    the etoy.BOMB has detonated !"

    ONE SINGLE ("F*CKING FLASH PLUGIN") displayed for a few
    weeks on the etoy site was judged sufficient to shoot
    down the etoy.DOMAIN because - according to eToys Inc. -
    it disturbs the eToys business and confuses customers
    about the eToys trademark.

    furthermore eToys claims that etoy wants to piggy back
    on increased holiday shopping traffic. eToys (online since
    october 97) must have known of etoy before they built their
    business  but  decided to use the name anyway despite
    the potential for confusion. now they seek to hold etoy
    (online since october1995) responsible for that very
    confusion, even though there is no business overlap.

    according to advising attorneys who observed the trial
    "the suit would not pass the giggle test" (village voice,
    new york 1.12.99:
    http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/9948/barliant.shtml ).

    now the etoy.CORPORATION will strike back to the
    maximum extent under american and european law.

    etoy now prepares for the battle against one of the
    biggest and most unscrupulous e-commerce companies
    in the world, a company which seeks to maximise
    profit with the take over of the domain etoy.com
    ostensibly in the name of family values. using their
    deep pockets and lobbying power to curb choice,
    dissent and free speech and make the internet a more
    colorless and less exciting place.

    you can find the etoy corporation under the ip address
    http://146.228.204.72:8080 till this corporate battle is won.
    the etoy.BOARD decided not to move to a temporary
    domain name. etoy WANTS ITS DOMAIN BACK!

    www.toywar.com is an action supported by various
    organizations like rtmark.com, the thing new york,
    ninfomaina, detritus.net, illegal art, plagiarist.org,
    namespace, negativeland, evolution control commitee
    styro2000, boombox.net, personal records, and others.

    it is not an official etoy.PRODUCT. the etoy.BOARD
    cannot control or stop the tremendous resistance
    community from acting. it does not know the people
    involved in this action at this moment and it does
    not know what the future of toywar.com and other
    unauthorized mirrors may be.

    our material is not protected by copyright so anyone
    can use it at his/her own risk.

    "the only thing we know is that anonymous users
    infiltrated the etoy.SERVERS before the court decision
    was handed out to the board and downloaded the latest
    etoy products...and that some of the material is now
    displayed on toywar.com".

    disclaimer: etoy.SHARE is an illegal ART PRODUCT in
    the USA since november 28, 1999. do not try to purchase
    etoy.SHARES if you are located in america or if you
    are an american citizen. use this email address to get
    information about our bank accounts in europe to
    transfer money to support the etoy.CRISIS BOARD!
    just hit the reply button. thank you for your investment in
    a better future without corporations destroying freedom
    on the net. at least one of them will face a hard time.

    Please feel free to use the attached banner to link to our
    IP address (http://146.228.204.72:8080) in order to give us
    a visible plattform during the struggle.

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