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The Boys Behind Etoy page 3 3:00 a.m. 2.Feb.2000 PST continued "We can think of doing something different, but it will always be connected to this," Zai said. "We are not anti-corporate. That's something people don't understand. We are an overdrive corporation with surreal goals. We sell nothing except ourselves. We don't promise any revenues other than cultural revenues. There are other corporations that don't have any revenue. We don't promise any revenue, except excitement and maybe a little bit of confusion." The battle with eToys appeared to be over last week when a deal was finally reached. EToys promptly faxed Network Solutions to inform it that "the parties have reached a settlement of their dispute" and to request removal of the "hold" on www.etoy.com. But so far, nothing has happened. Network Solutions claims it was "ordered" by Shook to put the "hold" on etoy.com, but even eToys admits that the earlier action came at its behest -- when it contacted NSI. "Network Solutions will release the name once the court orders Network Solutions to do so," NSI spokesman Brian O'Shaughnessy wrote in an email. "As you will recall -- NSI was ordered to put the name on hold by a court. We complied. We will -- therefore -- comply with the court to remove the name from a hold." As a result, etoy has again decided to whip up its followers into a frenzy -- and declare "DEFCON 1" and rage cyberwar against both NSI and eToys until the matter is resolved. "THIS IS BULLSHIT!" screams the latest mass mailing. "THE REMOVAL OF THE etoy.com DNS ROOT ENTRIES IN DECEMBER WAS ILLEGAL! THE JUDGE DID NOT SIGN ANYTHING RELATED TO THE etoy DOMAIN! etoy WAS TOLD NOT TO OPERATE THE WEBSITE (!) www.etoy.com (till the situation is clear) BUT THE etoy.EMAIL AND OTHER RELATED SERVICES (like broadcast.etoy.com) WERE NOT INVOLVED! NSI DID NOT HAVE AN ORDER TO PUT etoy.com ON HOLD! BUT NOW THEY NEED AN ORDER TO INSTALL OUR DOMAIN NAME WE PAID FOR! THIS IS JUST RIDICULOUS." "Big project? Big project?" you can almost hear the proprietor of the Spanish restaurant asking. << Back 3 of 3 Have a comment on this article? Send it Email this to a friend. Fax this from your computer for free Related Wired Links: Etoy Heads for New York City 22.Jan.2000 Etoy: 'This Means toywar.com!' 17.Jan.2000 Etoy: Don't Forgive, Don't Forget 15.Jan.2000 Etoy Balks at Olive Branch 30.Dec.1999 Etoy: 'The Fight Isn't Over' 30.Dec.1999 EToys Relents, Won't Press Suit 29.Dec.1999 Major Toy Site, Um, Er, Sucks 21.Dec.1999 Etoy: 'This Means War' 21.Dec.1999 'Be Grateful for Etoy' 17.Dec.1999 E-Riots Threaten EToys.com 15.Dec.1999 Toying with Domain Names 11.Dec.1999 |  |  |  | Printing? Use this version. Email this to a friend. Fax this from your computer for free.
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