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Fellow artists,
The time has come again to fight for freedom on the Internet.
Protect Free Speech on the Internet and Bocott eToys.com Now!
In 1995 a group of artists purchased the internet domain name etoy.com. =
Two years later, 1997, an online toy store bought the domain name =
eToys.com.=20
This year eToys.com has chosen to sue etoy.com for the use of the domain =
name. In an initial hearing, a judge in Los Angeles has sided with =
eToys.com and forced etoy.com to shut down its website, discontinue use =
of the name etoy.com, and prohibited the artists from selling their work =
in the United States.=20
Do you want the internet to become one giant shopping mall where free =
speech and artistic expression are tolerated only as long as they don't =
threaten corporate profits? If not, then now is the time to make your =
voice heard. Do not shop at eToys this Christmas. Write to your friends =
and to the media, alerting them of eToys' attempt to suppress internet =
art. Go to www.eviltoy.com and learn how to fight the greedy corporate =
bullies! =20
Place a boycott button on your web page to show your support for =
artist's rights.
Kiyotei's Den
http://www.art.net/~kiyotei
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