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(place) by hodgepodge (2.6 y) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Fri Apr 14 2000 at 19:01:50

These are the guys who helped keep Christmas and the surrounding months very interesting. The etoy art syndicate (www.etoy.com) was sued by the American corporate entity eToys, alleging trademark infringement. As a result, NSI shut down the etoy.com domain indefinitely. The funny thing is, etoy.com was there before etoys.com! Anyway, thus began the Toywar, during which thousands of TOYWAR.soldiers organized to send massive amounts of letters, gather intelligence, and make cool music to keep everyone's morale high. Eventually, of course, etoy won, got the suit dismissed with prejudice, and got their domain back.

Of course, now etoy is under fire from the makers of LEGO(c) bricks for using images of the LEGO(c) two-way radio and LEGO people. Looks like TOYWAR 2 is about to begin...


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