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Media activism is an attempt by grassroots activists and anarchists to promote alternative media non supported by mainstream news.

It includes publicatiin news on website, creating streaming & audio investigations, & organising protests.

No EToy for Christmas
Coverage of the toywar, including a perspective on domain name dispute resolution. Very lively discussion. [slashdot]

Etoy Heads for New York City
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].

Toywars
The group formerly known as ETOY lost the first round of its battle with eToys. By Felix Stalder [Telepolis].

Interview with etoy
By Geri Wittig [switch].

Fences in Cyberspace
Recent events in the battle over domain names, with focus on etoy vs eToys, by Felix Stalder [Telepolis].

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].

The etoy Strikes Back
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]

eToys Drops Lawsuit Against Artist Group
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.]

E-Toy Story
In depth article on etoy's domain name fight with eToys, by Claire Barliant [Village Voice].

Toy Story
Article on the domain name dispute, by Mark Gimein [Salon.com].






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