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From: fred@a52.com (Fred Daniel) Save Address Block Sender
Reply-To: 7-11@mail.ljudmila.org
To: 7-11@mila.ljudmila.org Save Address
Subject: [7-11] eToys.com:
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 13:39:48 -0800

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    eToys.com:
    I am dismayed by your clear disregard for freedom of expression as
    evidenced by your current dispute w/etoy.com.  The reported origin for
    your legal action is a single complaint.  A grandson, mistaking etoy.com
    for eToys.com, accessed a website deemed inappropriate by his
    grandfather.  At issue was a single use of profanity.  I do not advocate
    subjecting youth to profanity.  However, the courts have held, and I
    concur, that the internet is protected by the right to freedom of
    expression.  If not this offense, your argument centers on intellectual
    property law.   Irrespective of trademark, the etoy.com registered
    domain name predates eToys.com by 2 years.  In ruling against etoy.com,
    Judge John P. Shook, acting against legal precedent, injuncted the use
    of the etoy.com url.  Since the 11.29.99 prohibition, your stock
    (NASDAQ-ETYS) has fallen from $67/share to $39/share.  The public
    response to your legal action has been resolutely negative.  It is not
    too late to reverse your position to accept etoy.com’s right to near
    domain name co-existence.  In conclusion, I ask that you withdraw your
    complaint.
    Thank you:
    Fred Daniel [fred@a52.com]
    12.17.99

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