<-- 3:31 PM MT -->
From etoys-sucks.com:
On September 10, 1999, eToys, Inc. decided that they wanted to associate another buzz term with its brand. They obviously felt that being termed a 'reverse domain name hijacker' would boost their Christmas season sales. On this day, eToys brought a lawsuit against etoy (no 's') for its ownership and use of the etoy.com domain name. They charge that "the antisocial, obscene, and offensive images associated with defendants' use of the mark 'etoy,' both on the Internet and elsewhere, have tarnished the ETOYS® mark and the eToys brand name..." While this is extremely humorous, this is only the beginning...
So the bottom line is that eToys Inc didn't like what a group of people were doing. Armed with high priced lawyers, non internet savvy judges, and a bunch of technology buzz words the sought to get eToy.com shut down. California courts denied eToy representitives a request to be able to teleconfrence to the hearning. eToy is from Europe. Why would the court deny this request?
The result? The California Judge declared in favor of the big guy and stated that eToy would be fined PER DAY until eToy.com was shut down. Needless to say, it was down that very day. Although the server is still up (HERE), the domain of eToy.com is no longer available on the internet.
So where does this go now? eToy and its supporters are gearing up for something big. Already a boycott against eToys has been called (this site supports that boycott 100%) and eToys stock is actually dropping durring the heaviest ecommerce period in history. Already eToys parody sites are popping up (Here is a good one) and more are sure to follow.
If this injunction is to stand against eToy, then what is next? Maybe a company will show up in a few years with a name similar to my site's name and try to shut me down. If eToys is to win today, it will give anything like this in the future more ground to stand on. The internet is about expression. It is OUR digital playground. Corporations like eToys are the big bullies trying to take our candy. Trying to turn our playground into parking lots and strip malls. We need to show them that they will not survive as an internet company when they pull this kind of crap. We need to stand up against them and let our voices be heard.
Should you want more information on this topic (and I urge you to learn all you can about it) then you can visit the eToys boycott center at eviltoy.com. They have a good listing of related articles, sites who support the boycott, and contact address should you wish to voice your opinion directly to eToys.
<-- 2:21 AM MT -->
So I taught myself some DHTML today. Actually, I looked at the source code for other DHTML controls and figured it out. Who needs expensive books when you can just go to hundreds of other sites and learn from them. So now I have put in some nifty DHTML based on a script I found. I like it...
Also, I want to announce that Slightlynorth.com is now an official supporter of eToy. More on that tomorrow. Or today seeing as how it is already tomorrow...
From etoys-sucks.com:
On September 10, 1999, eToys, Inc. decided that they wanted to associate another buzz term with its brand. They obviously felt that being termed a 'reverse domain name hijacker' would boost their Christmas season sales. On this day, eToys brought a lawsuit against etoy (no 's') for its ownership and use of the etoy.com domain name. They charge that "the antisocial, obscene, and offensive images associated with defendants' use of the mark 'etoy,' both on the Internet and elsewhere, have tarnished the ETOYS® mark and the eToys brand name..." While this is extremely humorous, this is only the beginning...
So the bottom line is that eToys Inc didn't like what a group of people were doing. Armed with high priced lawyers, non internet savvy judges, and a bunch of technology buzz words the sought to get eToy.com shut down. California courts denied eToy representitives a request to be able to teleconfrence to the hearning. eToy is from Europe. Why would the court deny this request?
The result? The California Judge declared in favor of the big guy and stated that eToy would be fined PER DAY until eToy.com was shut down. Needless to say, it was down that very day. Although the server is still up (HERE), the domain of eToy.com is no longer available on the internet.
So where does this go now? eToy and its supporters are gearing up for something big. Already a boycott against eToys has been called (this site supports that boycott 100%) and eToys stock is actually dropping durring the heaviest ecommerce period in history. Already eToys parody sites are popping up (Here is a good one) and more are sure to follow.
If this injunction is to stand against eToy, then what is next? Maybe a company will show up in a few years with a name similar to my site's name and try to shut me down. If eToys is to win today, it will give anything like this in the future more ground to stand on. The internet is about expression. It is OUR digital playground. Corporations like eToys are the big bullies trying to take our candy. Trying to turn our playground into parking lots and strip malls. We need to show them that they will not survive as an internet company when they pull this kind of crap. We need to stand up against them and let our voices be heard.
Should you want more information on this topic (and I urge you to learn all you can about it) then you can visit the eToys boycott center at eviltoy.com. They have a good listing of related articles, sites who support the boycott, and contact address should you wish to voice your opinion directly to eToys.
<-- 2:21 AM MT -->
So I taught myself some DHTML today. Actually, I looked at the source code for other DHTML controls and figured it out. Who needs expensive books when you can just go to hundreds of other sites and learn from them. So now I have put in some nifty DHTML based on a script I found. I like it...
Also, I want to announce that Slightlynorth.com is now an official supporter of eToy. More on that tomorrow. Or today seeing as how it is already tomorrow...
0 Comments:
Post a Comment