________________________________________________________________________________ --- The Next 5 Minutes 3 Public Debates List -- http://www.n5m.org --- LET THE GAMES BEGIN!! Virtual Sit-In against www.eToys.com >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> INFO: http://www.rtmark.com/sitin.html WHEN: December 15 - 25, 1999 Game Times: (Every day December 15 - 25) in Pacific Standard Time: 12 - 12:15pm, 2-2:15pm, 4-4:15pm, 6-6:15pm, 8-8:15pm (These are key times; also, ANYTIME Noon-11pm PST) World Time: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=15&month=12& year=1999&hour=12&min)0&sec=0&p1=137 URL for sit-in will be posted here http://www.rtmark.com/sitin.html or http://www.thing.net/~rdom/ecd/ecd.html Beginning December 15, 11:45 a.m. Pacific Standard Time. ********** Fake_Statement The end of the net as we know it? No one could have dreamt up an act more symbolic than this one by Etoys.com, summing up the efforts of an entire horde of newbie net goldrushers. This hysterical powerplay perfectly demonstrates the intentions of the new net elite; to turn the world wide web into their own private home-shopping network. For the holidays, Etoys.com attempts to swat a fly in their Christmas pudding. But like other secret powers -- the net holds within it -- the secret of how the fly can swat back. S0 PLAY WITH US!! IT’S TIME FOR THE FAKE_FLOODS TO BEGIN!!!! Fakeshop http://www.fakeshop.com ************ "Do you support the global virtual sit-in against www.eToys on December 15-25, 1999?" a solidarity page: http://www.duke.edu/~arg2/solidarity_list.html where you can add your name and that of your organization. Email your support to: arg2@duke.edu LIST OF NAMES IN SUPPORT SO FAR: /organizations RTMARK The Electronic Disturbance Theater Rhizome.org Fakeshop The Thing Mejor Vida Corp. Ehippies PrayStation MTAA Imperfect Fluids Arts Collective, Chicago and San Francisco Colchester Arts Centre, Essex, UK Luther Blissett Project - Bologna, Italy Luther Blissett Project - Rome, Italy www.firstfloor.org core media exp h2so4 Etravel.com Immaterial Incorporated, New York Postmasters Gallery Potatoland.org www.thecluephone.com Orgyorg.org www.one38.org Detritus.net Just A Hobby subnet souprecordsPM, Minneapolis Global Effort to Eradicate Know-nothings (GEEK Force) /individuals Tim Whidden Max Herman Giacomo Verde Catherine Bolton Brown Jørgen Larsson D42 Kandinskij Minerva Cuevas Germán Olaya Alex Galloway (Rhizome.org) SAND777777 Lee Wells (IFAC) Barbara Strebel Jennifer McCoy Kevin McCoy Laura Perez Orgyorg Udo Noll Diane Ludin Richard Zach Brad Weslake Andri Laurion Mark Tribe (Rhizome.org) Francisco Millarch Sina Najafi Ken Feingold Jesse Robetoy Geert Lovink Mark Napier Jerry Lynde Alberto Gaitan Christopher Pace Ryan Platte Søren Pold Johannes Pepelnik Reinhold Grether Hein Eberson Mark Waterton Kazimir Malevich Antye Greie Gottfried Kerscher Grugnog t@nk3 Jennifer Crowe Ronald Martin Eric Benvenue-Jennings Mouchette Patrick May, Tumble Interactive Nicholas Paredes John Major Michaela Vlkova Frank Hesse Peter Haefner Jami Rutherford Steev Hise, Detritus.net Bryon Heggestad Boris Kamenik Aljosa Abrahamsberg Nathalie Magnan Nathan Winkler Peter Mueller Andy Merrill Martin Krung Brooke Aldridge Keith Perkins Oliver Ressler >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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. 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. eToys claims that it has only the interests of their customers in mind, who might mistype the store's internet address and end up at the wrong site. Minors might be exposed to controversial artwork. No-one is fooled by that. It is clear that what they are really after is sales, and they will use everything in their legal power to get etoy to pack up and leave. 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 http://www.eviltoy.com/ >>>>>>>>>>>>> LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!! Info on the sit-in available at: http://www.rtmark.com/sitin.html >>>>>>>>>>>> General info available at: http://www.rtmark.com/etoy http://www.eviltoy.com http://www.toywar.com/ and ETOY still available at: http://146.228.204.72:8080/ ________________________________________________________________________________ no copyright 1999 rolux.org - no commercial use without permission. is a moderated mailing list for the advancement of minor criticism. more information: mail to: majordomo@rolux.org, subject line: , message body: info. further questions: mail to: rolux-owner@rolux.org. archive: http://www.rolux.org