In the news today: "The NY Times tech section is reporting that eToys is dropping the suit against the artists group, etoy." (Free reg. required to read). eToys "dropped" the suit earlier, but not all the way. This time it looks like they've really and truly surrendered. They're even paying etoy's legal bills. http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/01/cyber/articles/26etoy.html Below to read etoy's e-mailed press release ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- From: "etoy.AGENT027" [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Subject: VICTORY*VICTORY*VICTORY*VICTORY*VICTORY! OFFICIAL etoy.PRESS-RELEASE: TOTAL VICTORY for the etoy.CORPORATION AND THE INTERNET COMMUNITY ((WHICH PROVED THAT THE NET IS NOT YET IN THE HANDS OF E-COMMERCE GIANTS)). NOBODY INVESTS TO LOSE MONEY! NOT EVEN MEDIA ARTISTS... "MONEY AND SHARES ARE THE OBJECTS OF OUR DESIRE... BUT ART IS WHAT WE WOULD KILL FOR..." * thank you for flying etoy.... _______________________________________ *QUOTE etoy.DAVE, TONGA 1994 (SANTA MONICA / ZUERICH / NEW YORK) THE LAWSUIT AGAINST etoy IS DROPPED! according to the etoy.LAWYERS chris truax in san diego and peter e. wild in zurich eToys Inc. gave up its naive fight against the famous international art group etoy this tuesday after a long and exhausting dispute about the terms and conditions of this settlement. on monday, january 24, 2000, the TOYWAR.crisis-control-board, 1345 special TOYWAR.agents and media warriors triggered another firestorm : within a few hours many hundred EMAIL-TOY-BOMBS exploded in the brains of customers, e-shoppers, brokers and nervous business men all over the world. no one got hurt - but the message is placed and the eToys share value sunk below its initial price of $20: value on tuesday / 11.12 AM: $19.0625 per share unit. one of the targets of the violence-free toy-bombing was the eToys HQ in santa monica .. eToys felt that it is now time to drop this lawsuit and to accept all the demands the etoy.CORPORATION submitted. IT WAS A PLEASURE TO DO BUSINESS WITH ONE OF THE BIGGEST E-COMMERCE GIANTS IN THE WORLD: F*U*C*K*I*N*G* INTENSE & REALLY EXPENSIVE BUT A KICK FOR ALL OF US! WE ALL LEARNED A LOT. WE THANK ALL THE BRAVE AGENTS WHO LINED UP BEHIND US TO PROTECT THE ART BRAND "etoy" & FREEDOM ON THE NET! all agents on TOYWAR.com get rewarded with etoy.SHARES and special compensations. TOYWAR.heros will be awarded with etoy.MEDALS and TOYWAR.titles after champagne and drugs left the bodies of the TOYWAR.crisis-control- board-members. THIS IS A GREAT MOMENT IN THE HISTORY OF INTERNET ART! for one time we avoid long statements and launch the party rockets... signed and verified: the etoy.BOARD (MORE INFORMATION SOON!) etoy.CRISIS-PRESS-OFFICE: 0041 1 242 40 81 etoy.PRESS-FTP: ftp://212.71.98.169/pub ____________________ if you joined this community because of the lawsuit....you can now [EMAIL PROTECTED] without any negative feelings! good bye & it was nice to meet you. otherwise stay tuned and wait for even more exciting media viruses and twisted business plans from the etoy.LABORATORIES. we are not done yet. LAST MESSAGE TO the eToys LEGAL-DEPT: THANK YOU FOR HELPING US GROW!
