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Harvard Journal on Legislation, winter 2000: A Proposed Federal Criminal Statute Addressing the Solicitation of Commercial Terrorism Through the Internet (see also this saner treatment of free speech, with its footnote on RTMark)
Free Republic, March 25, 2002: Far Left Plots Illegal Activities
Disinfo, Feb. 17, 2001: No deconstruction necessary
Global-texte, Dec. 15, 2002
Digital Identity, Felix Stalder, February 2001 (book)
M/C Journal, June 19, 2003: Jamming at Work: The Politics and Play of RTMark
Sydney Morning Herald, March 1, 2002: Guerilla-gram
National Post, March 26, 2001: On-screen products create 'credibility gap'
Adweek, April 9, 2001: Consumer Republic
FindLaw, Nov. 19, 2002: The Strange Paradox of RTMark
The Industry Standard, June 22, 2001: Bloomberg Handed Cease-and-Desist Letter (see also the e-mails themselves)
Parachute, April 2002 (in French): Mondialisation, Nouvelles �conomies et Art sur Internet
Journal of Aesthetics and Protest, July 2002: Media and the Death of the Author
Sandbox, March 1, 2002: The Art of Confusion
Yahoo Internet Life, Dec. 2000: 100 Best Sites for 2001 (Correction: We do not care about the "CEO's head." And our point is not that greed is bad--everyone knows that--but that large corporations can only be greedy.)
WWW, Nov. 2000 (in Polish): Cyberanarchisci - piata wladza (front page here)
Afterimage, January 2002 (not online): Centerfold
"How the I.P. Guerrillas Won" (paper by Giselle Fahimian)
C@rnet, Aug. 2001 (in Italian): Dissidenti in Rete
Wired, Jan. 30, 2002 (in Japanese)
Neural, Sept. 2000 (cover story; in Italian): intervista esclusiva ad RTMark
Haaretz, Nov. 16, 2000 (in Hebrew): Fighting the people in gray
Magyar Naranc, April 2001 (in Hungarian): Mibôl Lesz a Botrány
Zuendfunk, March 2003 (in German): "Wir sind so was wie eine Bank"
Blok, Jan. 2001 (in Czech): Teror si nasel misto v mym srdci
Dnes, April 26, 2001 (in Czech): Sabot�� proti korporac�m! (scan of article here)
Various Czech dailies, April 2001
Upstreet, Oct. 2001 (in French): Hacktivisme
New Orleans Times-Picayune, Oct. 12, 2000: Corporate punishment
New York Times, Aug. 17, 2000: Cultural Sabotage Waged in Cyberspace
"All Things Considered," National Public Radio, June 20, 2000: RTMark
Internet News (in Italian), March 1999: Attivismo estremo
The Writing Instructor, January 2001: Tactical Writing
Bitnik, Nov. 1, 2002 (in Spanish): RTMark
Zuendfunk, March 22, 2000 (in German): "Widerstand ist zwecklos" - smarte Industriesabotage f�r eine bessere Welt
The Industry Standard, Feb. 3, 2000: The Power Jokers
Above reprinted in Slate
Ratical, June 2002: Expanding the collective consciousness
Eye, Jan. 25, 2001: Armchair activists unite!
San Francisco Chronicle, June 12, 2001: Q&A With RTMark, Media Activists
Futur(e)s, March 2001 (in French): Le capital-rire
HTV (Croatian television), Top DJ Mag show, August 5, 2001 (not online)
Newsweek, Feb. 21, 2000: Hunting the Hackers
Salon, April 10, 2003: Steal this barcode
Le Monde, May 23, 2001 (in French): Du simple canular � la d�sinformation orchestr�e
Le Monde, May 2, 2001 (in French): www.@rtmark.com
C3, April 27, 2001 (in Hungarian): Konzult�ci� a 21. sz�zad�rt
WebMatin, June 6, 2001 (in French): Canulars � tout prix
"All Things Considered," National Public Radio, April 7, 2000
The Industry Standard, Apr. 4, 2000: Business Under Attack
The Guardian (London), Jan. 19, 2000: My life on the net
Godine nove, Dec. 2000 (in Croatian; not online)
Die Zeit Sept. 23, 1999 (in German, not online)
Utne Reader, Nov. 1, 2000: Merry Pranksters of the New Economy
Los Angeles Weekly, March 28, 2000: Tactical Embarrassment
De Standaard, Feb. 3, 2000 (in Flemish): Valse Haider op het web
El Mundo, Oct. 28, 2000 (in Spanish): Guerrillas en la Red
Working For Change, May 18, 2001: View from the second tier
El Mundo, Oct. 28, 2000 (in Spanish): Exitos subersivos
El Mundo, Oct. 24, 2000 (in Spanish): Los hackers hacen su primer congreso en una casa �okupada�
The Boston Globe, Dec. 28, 2000: Hackers in toyland
Los Angeles Times, Feb. 4, 2000: Guerrilla Warfare (original here
SL Magazine, Sept. 2000 (South Africa; not online)
Dallas Morning News, May 30, 1999: 'Mutual fund' skewers big business, politics
New York Times, March 23, 2000
The Retriever, Nov. 19, 2002: Digital Pranksters �TMark Show the Art of Corporate Sabotage
Sky Magazine Nov. 1999 (not online)
Telepolis, Feb. 9, 2000, by Mark Amerika: Writing as Hacktivism: An Intervening Satire
Telepolis, Feb. 9, 2000 (in German): Schreiben als Hacktivismus: Eine intervenierende Satire
Internet Event, Aug. 23, 2000 (in Korean)
New York Magazine Sept. 6, 1999
New York Magazine (local copy)
The Economist: Santa�s re-workshop
Die Welt (in German), Oct. 27, 1999: Eine Hacker-Organisation k�mpft im Internet gegen Gro�konzerne
Die Welt (in German), Dec. 18, 1999: Kauft kaputt, was euch kaputt macht
The Industry Standard, Dec. 2, 1999: Fight the Power - From the Comfort of Home!
The San Francisco Bay Guardian, April 12, 2000: Hacktivism!
Shift
Archée, May 2000 (in French): Entrevue avec ®^TMark
(above in English)
Salon, Oct. 17, 2000: Real Life Rock Top 10 (see #9)
Mladina, Feb. 20, 2001 (in Slovenian): Barbika plus G. I. Joe
Raygun (not online)
New York Times
New York Times (local copy)
CNET
ZDNet, Jan. 2000: URL Whirl
"Beyond Computers" (public radio)
Interactive Week (ZDNet), Feb 10, 2000: The ABCs Of A DOS Attack
Stuttgarter Zeitung
Die Tageszeitung (in German)
Der Standard (of Vienna, in German, not online)
Feedmag, March 9, 2000: Someone's been sneaking around
Eyestorm, June 28, 2000: Spanner Ads
Telepolis
Spex (Berlin)
WHDH Boston (NBC TV, April 1998)
Independent Film Channel (Split Screen)
Exibart (in Italian)
Australian national radio (ABC): How To Make Trouble And Influence People (nice fancy version here)
Boston Phoenix, Jan. 22, 1998: The Dilbert Front
Boston Globe, April 6, 2000: Time to brush up o the law
Wired Magazine
Information (in Danish)
Black Book, spring 2000 (not online)
Daily Demo
Weltwoche (in German)
San Jose Metro News, May 24, 2000 (not online)
Positive Propaganda
Rhizome
First Monday
Nettime (interview)
Baltimore City Paper, January 7, 1997: Manufactoring Dissent
Scout Report, March 9, 2001: Dollar Hack
KomodoWorld, Jan. 24, 2001 (in Spanish): RTMark
American Newspeak, Jan. 2003: Resistance is Fertile
SmackDabMedia (Bad Ass Media Site), March 19, 2000
Techdirt, Aug. 18, 2000: The NY Times Discovers RTMark
Cahiers du Cinéma, Dec. 1, 2000 (in French): L'art de la spéculation
Cahiers du Cinéma, Dec. 1, 2000 (English version of above): The Art of Speculation
Pseudo.com, June 12, 2000
New York Times, Feb. 27, 2000: The Downtown Gospel According to Reverend Billy
Tasty Bits from the Technology Front
Wired Magazine
Paravozov News (in Russian)
Student Life Magazine, South Africa (not online)
Netvox (in Portuguese)
El Pais (in Spanish): Barcelona acoge una reuni�n internacional de 'hackers'
b5-aktuell, April 2, 2000 (in German, radio, program unknown)
Getting It
MediaMente (in Italian)
Wired (RTMark as radio)
Wired, July 14, 2000
artscape (in Japanese)
Torazine (in Italian, not online)
VICE, Speak: not online
Mute
Visions (in German), De:Bug (in German): not online
San Francisco Bay Guardian
Peace and Conflict Studies, Jan. 15, 2001 (in German): Hacktivismus
Frontera (in Spanish)
Austrian TV / radio (in German): Dot.coms sind hei�este Trademarks
Utne Reader
Eye, August 26, 1999
"All Things Considered" (NPR), July 9, 1999 (not online)
Jamming the Media (book, 1999, not online)
The Power Foundation, interview, Sept. 1998
WYBE Philadelphia (PBS), Nov. 9, 1999 (not online)
ZeroTV.com reports
Afterimage, March 30, 2000 (about Untitled #29.95; not online): STAYIN' ALIVE
Deutsche Welle, "Arts Unlimited," Oct. 10, 1999 (in German, TV, not online)
San Francisco Bay Guardian, Jan. 24, 2001: Revolution 99999
Mecad Journal, 2001 (in Spanish): Luchando contra los terroristas
Wired, Oct. 13, 2000: Die, Capitalist Desktop Pig
Wired, Oct. 13, 2000 (in Japanese)
Milenio Magazine, Oct. 2000 (not online)
Feed Magazine
ORF, Kunststuecke, Sept. 10, 1999 (Austrian TV, not online)
ORF (Austrian radio, in German)
ORF again
ORF again (�1) (not online)
Indymedia, Dec. 13, 2002: JC Penney removes War Toy from website
Marketing & Media, May 2001 (in Czech; not online)
Nova Magazine, July 2000 (not online)
Getting It
Mike and Pat WWW Radio Show: no longer online
RAI, May 25, 2001 (in Italian): RTMark, Negativland, Jaromil
PigDog Journal, Jan. 9, 2000: Ins and Outs of 2000
MemePool, April 10, 2001:
Metroactive, Sept. 21, 2000: Chic Shot
Copyright/Anticopyright, 2002 (in Spanish)
How to ZAP a Camera, Oct. 2002 (article)
B5 Computer-Magazin (in German): DIGITALE SABOTAGE
Netsurfer Digest
Link
Danish, Austrian, German, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish television and radio: video and audio clips will be posted as available
New York Times, March 16, 2000
ThisIsJerkAss.com, Jan. 9, 2003: Fags in video games

The Yes Men impersonate the WTO (Sydney)

BBC, May 24, 2002: WTO falls victim to spoof website
ABC (Australia), May 30, 2002: The folks that hoax (RealAudio here)
The Voice of the Turtle, July 2002: The Voice of the Turtle Salutes the Yes Men
Crikey, June 15, 2002: You can fool some of the people...
E-xecutive, June 20, 2002 (in Russian): Top-10
Utne Reader, Nov. 26, 2002 (not online)
GlobalInfo, June 16, 2002 (in Dutch): WTO Opgeheven
National Post, May 25, 2002: Internet hoax convincing enough to fool Alliance MP
news.com.au, May 27, 2002: WTO hoax snares CPA (also in Herald Sun, Daily Telegraph, The Mercury, The Sunday Times, and The Advertiser)
Findlaw, June 5, 2002: THE LAW AND POLITICS OF INTERNET ACTIVISM: The Yes Men, Peta, Rtmark, And The Phenomenon Of Parody Websites
CorporateWatch Newsletter, June-July, 2002: WTO to go!
South China Morning Post, May 28, 2002: Fake forum (SCMP subscribers click here)
Alba.nu, Oct. 24, 2002 (in Norwegian): Hur f�r�ndras samh�llet av digital konst?
Intern.de, May 27, 2002 (in German): Gatt.org: WTO wird aufgel�st
Noticias, May 28, 2002 (in Spanish): Ataques inform�ticos contra la globalizaci�n
Tasty Bits from the Technology Front, May 23, 2002: Another Yes Men hoax
Indymedia, May 31, 2002: Yes Men Disband the World Trade Organisation
Indymedia, June 4, 2002 (in Greek)
Democratic Underground Forums, May 30: Trade Liberalisation Statistics--check these out!
Scoop, May 27, 2002: WTO Responds To Restructuring Hoax Email
CorpWatch, May 30, 2002: Parody Website's Announcement of WTO Closure Creates Stir
Progressive Newswire, May 29, 2002: Announcement of WTO closure goes from Sydney to Canada's Parliament
Guardian Talk, May 24, 2002: The End of the WTO - official
Linke Boel, July 15, 2002 (in Dutch): The Yes Men
New Renaissance, August 2002 (not online)

The Yes Men impersonate the WTO (Finland)

Wired, April 16, 2003: Pranksters: Steal This UPC Code
Wired, April 16, 2003 (above, in Japanese)
Wired, April 16, 2003 (above, in Portuguese): Grupo oferece etiquetas da Wal-Mart falsificadas na Web
Transfert, April 16, 2003 (in French): Un site am�ricain propose de cr�er ses propres codes-barre
Projo.com blog, April 18, 2003: Shades of Abbie Hoffman in pranksters' barcodes site
The Ecologist, Nov. 2002: Just Say Yes
Harper's Magazine, Nov. 2001 (not online; transcript of speech)
Fortune, Jan. 21, 2002: Will the Real WTO Please Stand Up?
Business 2.0, April 2002: The 101 Dumbest Moments in Business
CorporateWatch, Sept.-Oct. 2001: Say YES! to Corporate Stupidity!
Der bitterlille, Nov. 2002 (in Norwegian): Ja-mennene sl�r til
Marianne, Oct. 20, 2001 (in French; not online)
Bizarre, Nov. 2001 (not online)
Voice of Germany, Feb. 27, 2002 (in German): Die revolution�ren Pl�ne der WTO
GuerrigliaMarketing.it, May 2003 (in Italian): L'arte degli Yes Men
Transfert, Dec. 26, 2001 (in French): L�intrus de l�OMC (also here)
Planet Internet, Jan. 3, 2003 (in French): Les Yesmen, rois du plagiat en ligne
FHM, Nov. 2001 (in French; coming)
Next Exit, July 2002 (in Italian): Hacktivism
Megosteve, Oct. 18, 2001: Just Say Yes
Helsingin Sanomat, Aug. 28, 2001: New wave demonstrators strike at Tampere textiles seminar
Helsingin Sanomat, Aug. 28, 2001 (in Finnish): Uuden aallon mielenosoittajat iskiv�t Tampereella
Transfert, Aug. 30, 2001 (in French): Un imposteur couillu se paye l�OMC (original here)
Independent, May 25, 2002: 10 best sites of the week
Transfert, Aug. 30, 2001 (in French; archived forum for above)
Berliner Zeitung, Sept. 8, 2001 (in German): Hochstapler ohne Grenzen
Cambio, Sept. 24, 2001 (in Spanish): La Organizaci�n Mundial del Comercio, en rid�culo
Aamulehti, Aug. 17, 2001 (in Finnish): Mullistavat kuidut ja uudet tekniikat jyr��v�t perinteisen kutomateollisuuden (newspaper website version--requires registration)
Aamulehti, Aug. 17, 2001 (translated): Revolutionary fibres and new techniques replace traditional sewing industry
Utne Reader, Sept. 12, 2001: Utne Web Watch
Indymedia Israel, Sept. 12, 2001 (in Hebrew; translation of press release) (commentary here)
The Spun, Nov. 9, 2001: Pranksters Impersonate WTO Rep
Republicart.net, Sept. 2002: Unleashing the Collective Phantoms
Republicart.net, Sept. 2002 (above, in German): Die kollektiven Phantome freisetzen
Republicart.net, Sept. 2002 (above, in French): R�veiller les fant�mes collectifs
Digitoday, Aug. 23, 2001 (in Finnish): �lyvaatetutkimuksen riemuvoitto Impulssihaalari olikin karkea pila
Digitoday, Aug. 23, 2001 (translated): Research on intelligent clothing going strong. The impulse overalls only a cunning prank.
Vaikkutava, Aug. 23, 2001 (in Finnish): The Yes Men iski Tampereella
Radikala, Sept. 5, 2001 (in Swedish): S� KL�R MAN AV TEXTILDIREKT�RER
Lib�ration, March 1, 2002 (in French): State of Emergency: la mondialisation expliqu�e � mon grand-p�re
were-here.com (forum), Aug. 31, 2001 (interesting thread)
What Matters (list), Sept. 1, 2001 (Text appeared on many lists; this is just an example.)
RSR.ch, Oct. 29, 2001 (in French): Politiquement correct

The Yes Men impersonate the WTO (misc.)

Newsweek, June 5, 2003: Is Activism Dead? (original here)
M/C Journal, June 19, 2003: The Yes Men : Seeing Beyond the Brands to the Bodies
iBusiness, January 25, 2001 (in German): Online-Geschichten, die das leben schreibt: Warum die WTO mit Todestorten wirft (members can click here)
The Austin Chronicle, July 5, 2002: I Am the World Trade Organization ... Or Am I? (local copy here
M�lanine, July 17, 2002 (in French): Engagez-vous dans le Citizen Corps, et d�noncez vos voisins
Interactivist Info Exchange, January 24, 2003: Revenge of the Concept (Brian Holmes)
German Society for Rare Agricultural Plants, July 2002: Biological and Cultural Diversity in a Globalised Information Society (see pages 35 and 36)
Deutsche Gesellschaft f�r seltene Kulturpflanzen, July 2002 (in German; German version of above) (see pages 36 and 37)
Telepolis, June 27, 2001 (in German): Zur �sthetik der L�ge
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, April 20, 2001 (in German): Das Leben und Sterben des Dr. Bichlbauer
New York Times, Jan. 7, 2001: The Long and Winding Cyberhoax: Political Theater on the Web (original copy here)
Helsingin Sanomat, Jan. 28, 2001: Electronic social disobedience
Helsingin Sanomat, Jan. 28, 2001 (in Finnish): S�hk�ist� sosiaalista kurittomuutta
CMI Brasil, Feb. 10, 2001 (in Portugues): Convite para Mike Moore
Z�rich Tagesanzeiger, May 12, 2002 (in German): Rettung f�r Cabaret Voltaire in Aussicht
Transfert, Dec. 28, 2000 (in French): Des activistes se font passer pour l�OMC! (subscribers can click here)
Transfert, Dec. 28, 2000 (in French): "Pervertir leur message" (subscribers can click here)
Zuendfunk, March 2003 (in German): Freiheit, Gleichheit, Geschwindigkeit: Wie demokratisch macht das Internet? (broadcast here (23MB; Yes Men interview begins at minute 37))
The Guardian, Jan. 17, 2001: Yes offensive
Dichtung Digital, June 2001 (in German): Der gef�lschte WTO-Vertreter
IG Kultur Oesterreich, April 30, 2002: The Yes Men
G�teborgs-Posten, Aug. 19, 2001 (in Swedish): Med skrattet som vapen: "Sabotagekonsulenter" kl�r av maktens m�n och kvinnor
Wochenzeitung, June 14, 2001 (in German):
Le Monde, Jan. 29, 2001 (in French): L'OMC dans le collimateur des militants antimondialisation
Internet Intern, Jan. 17, 2001 (in German): WTO-Narretei
Slashdot, Jan. 8, 2001: Misleading Web Page Cons Conference Organizers
News Observer, April 16, 2003: Hacking with a political purpose
Complacent.org, Apr. 23, 2001: Yes Men Impersonate the WTO
Republicart.net, Sept. 2002: identity net.plays
Republicart.net, Sept. 2002 (above, in German): Identit�tsspielchen im Netz
Republicart.net, Sept. 2002 (above, in French): jeux.net d'identit�
Republicart.net, Sept. 2002: Communication Guerilla - Transversality in Everyday Life?
Republicart.net, Sept. 2002 (above, in German): Kommunikationsguerilla - Transversalit�t im Alltag?
Republicart.net, Sept. 2002 (above, in French): Gu�rilla de communication - Transversalit� dans la vie de tous les jours ?
Culture Jammer's Encyclopedia: Commerce Jamming
Der Falter, Nov. 10, 2000 (in German): Der verrueckte Professor
Uzine.net, March 18, 2003 (in French): La D�connexion : vers un Moyen-�ge informatique
Inside Theater, April 2003: Responses from The Yesmen
Anok & Peace, Jan. 7, 2001: The Great WTO Pie Hoax
Indymedia, Jan. 2, 2001: WTO Critics Infiltrate Trade Lecture
East West Magazine, March 8, 2003: The Horribly Stupid Stunt
High Tech Verlag, Jan. 24, 2001 (in German): Online-Geschichten, die das leben schreibt: Warum die WTO mit Todestorten wirft (original copy here)
Tagesspiegel, June 16, 2001 (in German; mention): Die Dramaturgie des Internets
SchNEWS, Jan. 19, 2001: and finally...
K5, Jan. 8, 2001
Plastic, Jan. 15, 2001
Texas Pagan News, Jan. 12, 2001: Pranksters Pull Off Hoax With Fake Website
World-Information.org, Jan. 2003: Breakaway Suits

Regime-change playing cards

Transfert, April 28, 2003: Un jeu de cartes parodique met � prix la t�te de Bush pour crimes de guerre en Irak
Der Standard, April 29, 2003 (in German): Neues Kartenspiel mit "US-Regime"
The Guardian, May 1, 2003: Top deck
FH blog, April 25, 2003 (in French): '55 most wanted' playing cards
This Modern World, April 26, 2003: Dick Cheney, Movie Villain
Sacramento Bee, June 3, 2003: Stacking the deck
Die Tageszeitung, June 12, 2003 (in German): Original kopiert
Schnews, May 2, 2003: And finally...
Klamm.de, May 1, 2003: Kartenspiel: Die 55 meistgesuchten Personen der Kriegsallianz
Elaph, April 30, 2003 (in Arabic)
Al-Aslah forum, May 2, 2003 (in Arabic)
Neural, April 28, 2003 (in Italian): Playing Card Deck, le carte da gioco dei criminali occidentali
PlanetInternet, April 29, 2003 (in French): Bush est pris � son propre jeu... de cartes
Democratic Underground forum, April 29, 2003: Playing Card Deck Shows Way to U.S. Regime Change
Jeux Online forum, April 30, 2003 (in French): Le jeu de carte des 55 "criminels de guerre"
Al-Fikr forum, April 30, 2003 (in Arabic)
Projo.com blog, April 29, 2003: Playing Card Deck Shows Way to U.S. Regime Change

Gatt.org

Tiscali.net, Sept. 25, 2002 (in Dutch): FBI vreest cyberaanval
Reuters, July 9, 2002: Nature Body Loses Tussle over Panda Web Site
The Virtual Chase, August 2002: ASSESS THE QUALITY OF INFORMATION AT A WEB SITE
Berliner Zeitung, Nov. 17, 2001 (in German): Die Website der World Trade Organisation wurde gekapert / Klage angedroht
Liberation, Nov. 3, 2001 (in French): Des usurpateurs brouillent l'identit� de l'OMC
Reuters, Nov. 13, 2001: Will Computer Underground Play by New Rules?
Agence France Press, Oct. 31, 2001 (in French): L'OMC met en garde contre un faux site internet
Reuters, Oct. 31, 2001: Activists Enrage WTO with Phony Web Site
South China Morning Post, Nov. 1, 2001 (Reuters reprint)
Contra Costa Times, Nov. 1, 2001 (Reuters reprint)
Globe and Mail, Nov. 1, 2001 (Reuters reprint)
Los Angeles Times, Nov. 1, 2001 (Reuters reprint)
PC World, Oct. 31, 2001: WTO Parody Site Accused of Harvesting E-Mails (Note: "The WTO is powerless to stop the hoax until a new procedure for domain name arbitration is introduced by the World Intellectual Property Organization allowing it to take control of the domain gatt.org, Carrier said.")
ComputerWorld, Oct. 31, 2001 (same article as above): Fake WTO Web site harvests e-mail addresses (note subtly different headline)
CNN, Nov. 1, 2001 (again, same article as above): Fake WTO web site harvests e-mail addresses
NetworkWorldFusion, Oct. 31, 2001 (same article as above): Clever fake of WTO Web site harvests e-mail addresses (ditto)
Silicon.fr, Oct. 31, 2001 (in French): Vigilance: un site OMC r�cup�re vos adresses e-mail (above paranoia translated into French, with the volume increased)
Helsingin Sanomat, Nov. 1, 2001 (in Finnish): WTO varoittaa valenettisivusta
IT-Avisen, Nov. 1, 2001 (in Danish): Falsk WTO side
Nyheter, Nov. 1, 2001 (in Swedish): Kopia g�ckar WTO p� internet
The Register, Nov. 1, 2001: Culture jammers spoof WTO web site
Onda Cero, Nov. 1, 2001 (in Spanish): Activistas antiglobalizaci�n atacan la web de la OMS
Web Wereld, Nov. 1, 2001 (in Dutch): Activisten zetten nepsite op voor WTO
Internet.ru, Nov. 1, 2001 (in Russian)
Korea.internet.com, Nov. 1, 2001 (in Korean)
WTO.ZIP, Dec. 14, 2001 (in Dutch): WTO-IMITATIE OP INTERNET
ZakZak, Nov. 1, 2001 (in Japanese)
Avanova, Nov. 1, 2001: World Trade Organisation warns against spoof website
Indymedia-UK, Nov. 1, 2001: WTO - paranoia before Qatar
Indymedia-SF, Nov. 1, 2001: WTO "Discovers" Fake Site at gatt.org
De.internet.com, Nov. 1, 2001 (in German): Globalisierungsgegner stellen Satiresite der Welthandelsorganisation ins Netz
Neural, Nov. 1, 2001 (in Italian): RTMark 'spoofano' il sito del WTO
Canadian National Public Radio, etc., Nov. 1, 2001 (not online)
Associated Press, Feb. 8, 2001: Anti-Globalists Turn To Hacking
CNN, Feb. 8, 2001 (same as above)
khoj directory
Aftenposten, Feb. 8, 2001 (in Norwegian): "Hacktivister" sl�r til
The Industry Standard, Dec. 2, 1999: Planet Web: Protesters Take to the Net
Current Issues in Internet News Research, May 2002: Intentional misinformation on the Internet
, Lesley University, July 2002: Evaluating Web Sites
MSNBC, Dec. 1, 1999: WTO protest spills onto the Web
Wired News, Dec. 3, 1999: WTO: 'We're Talking Online'
Wired News, Dec. 3, 1999 (in Japanese)
CNN, Dec. 17, 1999: A Digital Demonstration
Forbes, Jan. 10, 2000: Got Milk?
Spiegel (in German)
Stern (in German)
New Statesman, June 17, 2002: How to beat the adman at his own game
Telepolis, Dec. 2, 1999 (in German): WTO-Generaldirektor �rgert sich �ber eine Website
Pressetext, Nov. 25, 1999 (in German): Kopierte WTO-Webseiten im Netz
Kulturzeit, March 1, 2000 (in German): Fakes und Homepage-Klones als Protesttechnik
Boston Phoenix, Dec. 9, 1999: www.gatt.org hits a sore spot
PC World
Consumer Intelligence (Swedish)
Getting It
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Nov. 30, 1999: Opponents mock WTO Web site with their version
Stefano Baldi: The Internet for International Political and Social Protest: the case of Seattle
PeaceNet
ZDNet, Dec. 4, 1999 (in French): OMC: faux sites et vraies embrouilles
ZDNet, Dec. 3, 1999 (in German): WTO-Gegner formieren sich im Netz
Telepolis, Nov. 18, 1999: Challenging the WTO online
Telepolis, Nov. 22, 1999 (in German): Eine Online-Kampfansage an die Welthandelsorganisation
Searcher, Sept. 2000: Better Read That Again
Virose (in Portuguese)

Reamweaver

Democratic Underground, Aug. 9, 2002: Conservo-Freepos go wacko over White House parody site
Free Republic, Aug. 9, 2002 (see above): They have gone too far. Libs make a White House Website
The Austin Chronicle, July 5, 2002: I Am the World Trade Organization ... Or Am I? (local copy here
La Tercera, Jan. 2, 2002 (in Spanish): Dise�an programa para crear parodias de sitios web
El Pais, Dec. 13, 2001 (in Spanish): Un programa permite crear parodias de cualquier p�gina 'web'
Spiegel, Dec. 4, 2001 (in German): Die Rache der Web-Protestklone
Heute, Feb. 26, 2002 (in German): www.reamweaver.com
Telepolis, Feb. 2, 2002 (in German): Anarchisten und Autonome halten die Protestbewegung gegen die Globalisierung am Leben
Tiscali, Dec. 4, 2001 (in Dutch): Anti-globalisten zetten grootkapitaal voor schut
Terra, Nov. 22, 2001 (in Portugues): Grupo cria software para parodiar sites
UPI, Nov. 15, 2001: Software enables new way to bypass laws
Reason, March 2002: The Men Who Japed
SlashDot, Nov. 18, 2001: A Distorted Mirror: Automatic, Real-Time Web Parodies
Sina, Nov. 27, 2001 (in Chinese)
Haaretz, Nov. 27, 2001 (in Hebrew): Satire
digi.no, Nov. 22, 2001 (in Norwegian): Gratisverkt�y for alle websurfere med snert
digi.no, Nov. 22, 2001 (in Norwegian): Yes Men
Le Monde, Nov. 22, 2001 (in French): www.theyesmen.org
Museum of Hoaxes, Nov. 2001: New Software for Web Spoofing
NewsBytes, Nov. 20, 2001: Mirror Software Makes It Easier To Spoof Famous Sites
Telepolis, Nov. 16, 2001 (in German): Die WTO schlie�t eine kritische Website, Hunderte neue entstehen
Telepolis, Nov. 20, 2001 (in German): Gatt.org bleibt vorerst im Netz
De:bug, Nov. 18, 2001 (in German): YESIWILL! PARODY GENERATOR
Informatica, Nov. 22, 2001 (in Portuguese): Grupo cria software para parodiar sites
Telepolis, Feb. 8, 2002 (in German): Public Spaces Invaders
Minori, Feb. 10, 2002 (in Japanese)
Heise Online, Feb. 8, 2002 (in German): Public Space Invaders oder Das Hacken der neuen �ffentlichen R�ume
SecurityLab.ru, Feb. 3, 2002 (in Russian): Reamweaver 2.0
B3ta Weblog, June 11, 2002: Every wanted...

Dow-Chemical.com/BursonMarsteller.com

(See also Thing eviction press)
Greenpeace, March 10, 2003: Bhopal protests move online
San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 9, 2003: Bhopal Bloopers: How Dow and Burson-Marsteller made a big stink even stinkier
The Times of London, Dec. 17, 2002: Don't believe all you read
New York Times, Dec. 9, 2002: Bhopal Critics in Web Hoax Against Dow Chemical
Index on Censorship, Dec. 16, 2002: United States: Censoring satire: Dow's industrial strength lawyers
Democracy Now, Jan. 8, 2003: Survivors of the Bhopal Industrial Disaster...
Tenant.net, Dec. 13, 2002: Dow Chemical Shuts Down TenantNet and Hell's Kitchen
The Hindu, Dec. 11, 2002: Cyber pranksters focus on Bhopal tragedy
Adbusters, Dec. 20, 2002: Dow Chemical Wipes Parody Website Over Bhopal 'Truths'
Neural, Dec. 17, 2002 (in Italian): Il sito satirico della Dow Chemical Corporation oscurato
LawMeme, Dec. 30, 2002: Parody domain registration contact info backfires
The Inquirer, Dec. 31, 2002: Dow chemical web joke backfires
exibart, Dec. 18, 2002 (in Italian): WWW for fake
Sustainability, Dec. 2002: Dow Targeted over Bhopal via Fake Website
On the Media (WNYC), Dec. 20, 2002: Faking It
The Shifted Librarian, Dec. 16, 2002: More DMCA Abuse
Malmoe, Feb. 3, 2003 (in German): Living. Improved daily
Private Eye, Dec. 2002 (not online): Free Speech
Telepolis, Dec. 6, 2002 (in German): Mit dem Copyright gegen Kritik
Heise online, Dec. 6, 2002 (in German): US-Urheberrecht l�sst Kritik erstummen
Greenpeace Australia, Dec. 19, 2002: Mad Dow disease is catching
Greenpeace New Zealand, Dec. 10, 2002: Dow fights for its image, but not the victims in Bhopal
Greenpeace, Dec. 6, 2002: Dow's afraid of the truth
PRWatch, Jan. 9, 2003: Bhopal Bloopers
PRWatch, Dec. 4, 2002: The Dow of Satire
PRWatch, Dec. 13, 2002: Who's the Real Fake?
Norfolk Genetic Information Network, Jan. 11, 2003: Correction: Dow Press Release on Bhopal Was a Spoof
Lib�ration, Dec. 15, 2002 (in French): Que Dow, que Dow
BusinessWeek, May 1, 2003: Dow Reaches for a Greener Future
The World in Context, Dec. 15, 2002: DOW Chemicals deploys DMCA to takedown parody site
Chemical and Engineering News, Dec. 16, 2002: Dow Fights Back
iMakeContent, Dec. 6, 2002: Spoof site closed down
iMakeContent, Dec. 3, 2002: Remembering Bhopal
Plastic.com, Dec. 13, 2002: Subversion By Press Release
StrayBulletins.com, Dec. 13, 2002: Better Living Through Prankery
Trademark Blog, Jan. 2, 2003: Reading Other People's Mail con't - Dow and DMCA

Saving Thing.net

(See also Dow-Chemical press)
Village Voice, Jan. 17, 2003: Dow v. Thing: A Free-Speech Infringement That's Worse Than Censorship
Lib�ration, Jan. 11, 2003 (in French): �La Chose� qui a fait peur � Dow Chemical
The New York Times, Dec. 23, 2002: Cyberspace Artists Paint Themselves Into a Corner (local copy here)
New York Law Journal, Jan. 30, 2003: Digital Copyright
International Herald Tribune, Dec. 28, 2002 (reprint of above article): The Thing fights to stay online
Rocky Mountain News, Dec. 26, 2002 (reprint of above article) (Note: This article has disappeared from the RMN archive entirely.)
El Pais, Jan. 2, 2003 (in Spanish): NTT Verio cierra el servidor que alberga las propuestas m�s agresivas del 'net.art' por presiones empresariales (subscribers can click here)
Wired, Dec. 31, 2002: DMCA: Dow What It Wants To Do
Punto Informatico, Jan. 14, 2003 (in Italian): Thing.net chiuder�, per censura
Rai, Jan. 16, 2003 (in Italian): Veleni sul web
Politis, Dec. 26, 2002 (in French): Censure par la bande
Slashdot, Jan. 1, 2003: Dow vs. Parody
North American Network Operators group, Jan. 9, 2003: NYT on Thing.net
New York Foundation for the Arts Interactive, Jan. 8, 2003: NTT/Verio Terminates thing.net After Dow Chemical Corporation Threatens Legal Action against Yes Men Parody
Barrapunto, Jan. 8, 2003 (in Spanish): Orden de cierre para un ISP en EEUU mediante amenaza
Mediachannel, Jan. 2, 2003: Artists And Activists Face Web Eviction
Democracy Now, Jan. 8, 2003: Survivors of the Bhopal Industrial Disaster...
Indymedia, Dec. 30, 2002: Thing.net Fights Net Eviction
Reflex, Dec. 14, 2003 (in Czech): V�lka pokracuje...
Nova Magazine, Feb. 2003 (in French, not online)
Morons.org, Jan. 4, 2003: Above the Law! A new show starring Dow Chemical
El Pa�s, Dec. 2002 (in Spanish): La crisis de las puntocom
Newsgrist, Dec. 24, 2003: THING.net evicted by Dow, Verio
Linux Gazette, Jan. 2003: The Yes Men
Web Host Industry Review, Jan. 2, 2003: DMCA potentially to force service provider offline
Art News, Dec. 31, 2002 (in Russian)
TheThing.it, Dec. 23, 2002 (in Italian): Verio/NTT sconnette The Thing New York da Internet
Neural, Dec. 30, 2002: Verio threatens to close The Thing
Neural, Dec. 30, 2002 (in Italian): Verio minaccia la chiusura di The Thing
Z+Blog, Dec. 29, 2002: The Yesmen: Culturejamming's Maestros of Impersonation (search on "impersonation")
Sotto Accusa, Dec. 24, 2002 (in Italian): Il sito satirico della Dow Chemical Corporation oscurato
The Digital Opportunity Channel (New Delhi), Dec. 24, 2002: Dow, Verio evict Bhopal activists from the Web
Indymedia Italia, Dec. 25, 2002 (in Italian): Thing.net chiude?
LawMeme, Dec. 30, 2002: Parody domain registration contact info backfires
The Inquirer, Dec. 31, 2002: Dow chemical web joke backfires
Netzeitung, Dec. 25, 2002 (in German): Kunst gegen Marke
Slashdot.org, Dec. 23, 2002: DOW Threatens Verio, Verio silences activists
Damon Campagna's Newsroom, Jan. 6, 2003: Almost lost in the shuffle...
Montana Information Technology Council, Dec. 24, 2002: Activist network shut down by Verio, Dow Chemical

Voteauction.com

Voteauction press archive (much more complete than the RTMark list)
Vote auctions page on Open Directory
Wired, Nov. 9, 2000: Lawyers Are Cheap at Vote Auction
CNN (half-hour legal show, Burden of Proof), Oct. 24, 2000: Bidding for Ballots: Democracy on the Block (streaming here)
California Secretary of State press office, Aug. 22, 2000: Jones Issues Warning Against On-line Vote Buying Schemes
(related) Indymedia.org, Nov. 7, 2000: ACLU Charges Political Censorship, Challenges CA's Shutdown of Votexchange.com
(related) New York Post, Nov. 10, 2000: W. SIDE MAN BUSTED FOR SELLING HIS VOTE: COPS
Board of Election Commissioners of the City of Chicago: Legal documents
Disinfo, Nov. 7, 2000: Capitol Punishment: Does Voteauction.com Subvert Democracy?
BBC, Oct. 18, 2000: US votes up for auction
Salon, May 18, 2001: Will culture-jam for food
Christian Science Monitor, Oct. 18, 2000: A Web site offering to sell thousands of votes...
Christian Science Monitor, Oct. 20, 2000: An Illinois judge ordered...
Berliner Zeitung, Nov. 6, 2000 (in German): Wahlkampf im WorldWideWeb
Berliner Zeitung, Nov. 6, 2000 (in German): W�hlst du meinen, w�hl ich deinen
The Industry Standard, Oct. 19, 2000: Voteauction to Lose Domain Name
The Industry Standard, Aug. 21, 2000: Wanna Buy My Vote? Fuhgeddaboutit
USA Today, Oct. 11, 2000: Chicago acts to end online sale of votes
Kuro5hin (discussion list), Nov. 3, 2000: Dot com ruled by US law?
Cluebot (discussion list), Nov. 3, 2000: Internic Pulls Plug on Vote-Auction.com
Wired, Oct. 30, 2000: Selling Votes or Peddling Lies?
Wired, Oct. 26, 2000: Vote-Auction Sidesteps Legalities
Wired, Oct. 21, 2000: Voteauction Booth is Closed
Wired, Oct. 12, 2000: Chicago to Sue Vote Auctioneers
Wired, Sept. 6, 2000: Austrian Takes Bids on U.S. Votes
Wired, Aug. 22, 2000: Voteauction Bids the Dust
Wired, Aug. 17, 2000: Close Vote? You Can Bid on It
Wired, Sept. 22, 2000: Thousands Sign Up to Sell Votes
CNN, Aug. 24, 2000: Vote-selling Web site to be revived, possibly offshore
CNN, Aug. 24, 2000 (in Japanese)
CNN, Aug. 23, 2000: Web site offering to sell votes shut down
CNN, Aug. 18, 2000: Web site offers to sell U.S. presidential votes
The Denver Post, Oct. 20, 2000: Legal threats darken vote-buying Web site
Dagens IT, Oct. 15, 2000 (in Swedish): "Vi funderar p� r�stauktioner i Europa"
Cluebot.com, Sept. 29, 2000: Americans Sell Their Votes for $10 Each (this is actually an old tradition!)
Chicago Sun-Times, Sept. 18, 2000: Web vote sale all about buzz
technodemocracy.org, Oct. 22, 2000: VoteAuction.com & The Whack-A-Mole Defense
Transfert, Aug. 22, 2000: Votes aux ench�res : suite et... fin (subscribers can click here)
USA Today, Aug. 23, 2000: Votes up for auction draw official inquiries
Berliner Zeitung, Oct. 20, 2000 (in German): Voteauction.com muss vom Netz
NY1 News (TV), Aug. 22, 2000: Top Story: Website to Make It Possible to Sell Your Vote Online
AP, Aug. 18, 2000: Web Sites Offer Votes For Sale
ABCnews.com, Aug. 18, 2000: Personal (Campaign) Finance
Minnesota Public Radio, "Future Tense," Aug. 25, 2000 (RealAudio): Selling Your Vote (local copy here)
Slate, Aug. 23, 2000: Buy This Vote! The Web puts democracy on sale.
Washington Post, Aug. 23, 2000 (same as above)
The Salt Lake Tribune, Aug. 30, 2000: Auction Gives New Meaning To 'Check Here' (click here for a copy of that day's front page)
Metroland, Aug. 31, 2000: How Much Is That Voter in the Window?
Voting Integrity Project, Aug. 23, 2000: GOING, GOING... GONE! (click here to learn about the Voting Integrity Project)
AuctionWatch, Aug. 18, 2000: Straight Talk from Voteauction.com
Fox news, Aug. 23, 2000 (not online)
Transfert, Aug. 18, 2000 (in French): Voter, c'est facile et �a peut rapporter gros! (subscribers can click here)
CBS TV, Aug. 18, 2000 (not online)
NBC TV, Aug. 20, 2000 (not online)
ABC radio, Aug. 27, 2000 (not online)

CueJack

Slashdot, April 17, 2001: CueHack For CueCat Released
Wired, April 21, 2001: Getting Product Info on Cue
The Net Economy, May 14, 2001: Anti-Capitalist Tool
Heise Online, June 24, 2001 (in German): Was war. Was wird.
Magnet, May 4, 2001 (in Portuguese): Programa faz buscas na Internet a partir de imagens escaneadas
Tech Observers, April 17, 2001: CueHack
The Null Device, April 18, 2001
Ars Electronic Festival 2001: female takeover - ff
The Writing Instructor, January 2001: Tactical Writing
Digital Business Game (in Korean)
La rete di lilliput, April 17, 2001 (in Italian): con le loro stesse armi: commercio critico, un caso americano
Jornal Cruzeiro do Sul, May 9, 2001 (in Portuguese): Soff faz buscas a partir de imagens
DinSide April 24, 2001 (in Norwegian): Surf med strekkoder
RazorCake, May 16, 2001: Cue Cat's Coming After You
Linux Gazette
Halfbakery: X-ray specs for consumer products
Daily Gristle, April 17, 2001
Viridian Notes 00259

The etoy Fund

Leaving Reality Behind, July 2002 (book) (comprehensive history of the subject; can be purchased here)
Ars Technica, Sept. 28, 2002: The latest scumware tactic: shades of 1999
NPR "Morning Edition," May 9, 2000
Fortune, Feb. 14, 2000: Virtual Sit-Ins (local copy here)
Time, January 26, 2000: A Tale of Two eToys
CNN (TV), Dec. 17, 1999: good transcript; poor transcript (included on our compilation video)
NBC (TV), Dec. 18, 1999 (not online; included on our compilation video)
CNET, February 10, 2000 (re: VintageCocaCola.com): Coca-Cola caps Net name dispute with fan site (amazingly states that in the etoy case, "the judge ruled in favor of the lesser-known company")
AP, January 26, 2000: eToys.com Settles Suit With Swiss (entry in ®^TMark's Corporate Poetry Contest: "The settlement marks the conclusion of yet another controversy over domain names as renegade Internet developers create controversial Web sites offensive to corporations")
CNN Headline News, January 26, 2000 (poor transcript)
Earth Island Journal, June 7, 2000: eToy Story
The Independent, January 31, 2000: Victory declared in the toy war
M/C Journal, June 19, 2003: Toywars : Conceptual Art Meets Conceptual Business
Wired, Feb. 2, 2000: The Boys Behind Etoy
Telepolis, Feb. 26, 2000, by Reinhold Grether: How the Etoy Campaign Was Won
Telepolis, Feb. 26, 2000, by Reinhold Grether: Wie die Etoy-Kampagne gef�hrt wurde
Telepolis, January 26, 2000 (in German): eToys.com zieht die Klage gegen Etoy.com zur�ck
Berliner Zeitung, January 27, 2000 (in German): Als w�rde Shell das �l ausgehen (interview with etoy.GRAMAZIO)
South to the Future, January 26, 2000: In Search of eToys.com
ABC News, January 26, 2000: Online toy store settles with Internet renegades [sic]
La Repubblica, January 27, 2000 (in Italian): La grande guerra di etoy contro Etoys
Com! Online Aug. 24, 2000 (in German): Drei Amerikaner planen den digitalen Kreuzzug
CNET, January 25, 2000: eToys settles Net name dispute with etoy
Slashdot, January 25, 2000: eToys Inc. Drops etoy Suit - For Real This Time
CNN, January 25, 2000: eToys settles Net name dispute with etoy
Telepolis, January 20, 2000 (in German): Spiel mit eToys.com
About the latest etoy Fund game (copy the link and paste into a new window, or click here or here for copies.
Kriptopolis, Jan. 30, 2001 (in Spanish): Etoy contraataca
Wall Street Journal, January 28, 2000: Another David Fells a Goliath; Will E-Lummoxes Ever Learn?
MSNBC (reprint of above)
Internet News, January 26, 2000: eToys Drops Domain Name Suit
Wired, January 25, 2000: Victory for Etoy Is At Hand
Wired, January 17, 2000: Etoy: 'This Means toywar.com!'
Wired, January 15, 2000: Etoy: Don't Forgive, Don't Forget
Infoworld.com, January 10, 2000: The war over a single letter -- eToys vs. etoy and civil disobedience protests via the Web
New York Times, January 25, 2000: eToys Drops Lawsuit Against Artist Group
New York Times (local copy)
Village Voice, January 5, 2000: Game Over: Lawsuit Dropping Follows Holiday Shopping at eToys
ZDNet, February 2, 2000 (in French): etoy/eToys : le net-art fait plier l'e-business
Bloomberg, Dec. 30, 1999: RTMARK SAYS ETOYS STILL SUING INTERNET ART GROUP (see also this related exchange)
Bloomberg, Dec. 30, 1999: EToys May Drop Lawsuit Against Internet Arts Group, WSJ Says
The Washington Post, Dec. 31, 1999: The Fine Art of Compromise: EToys Seeks Peace in Trademark Battle With Artists' Web Site (slightly different version here)
The Christian Science Monitor, Jan. 2, 2000: Back to the future (see also this excellent follow-up; the iDefense report is advertised here)
Largeur, January 26, 2000: Le collectif zurichois etoy a gagn� sa bataille contre le g�ant du jouet
New York Times, Dec. 30, 1999: Art and Commerce Collide Online (reprinted January 3 in San Francisco Chronicle)
ZDTV, Dec. 23, 1999: This is the Part of the Site Where We Dance
CNET, Dec. 29, 1999: eToys seeks settlement in dispute with etoy
WoZ, January 5, 1999 (in German): Cyberkrieg: Kapituliert eToys?
The Register, Dec. 30, 1999: eToys softens under grassroots pressure
ON24 (The Internet Broadcast Network for Online Investors), Dec. 30, 1999: eToys Offers to Settle Lawsuit with etoy.com
Wired, Dec. 30, 1999: Etoy Balks at Olive Branch
Wired, Dec. 30, 1999: Etoy: 'The Fight Isn't Over'
The Industry Standard, Dec. 30, 1999: About Face: EToys Seeks Peaceful Co-existence (also at Yahoo)
Switch, Jan. 20, 2000: Interview with etoy
Telepolis, Dec. 30, 1999 (in German): eToys.com gibt im Domainnamenkonflikt mit der K�nstlergruppe Etoy - ein wenig - nach
Berliner Zeitung, Dec. 29, 1999 (in German): Sie versuchen, uns zu zerstoeren
Wired, Dec. 29, 1999: EToys Relents, Won't Press Suit
Slashdot, Dec. 29, 1999: eToys Drops Lawsuit Against eToy (note: they didn't actually drop the lawsuit, they just moved away from it)
Slashdot, Dec. 30, 1999: Etoy: It's Not Over Yet
Slashdot, Dec. 29, 1999: Etoy Update
Newsticker, Dec. 30, 1999: eToys.com gibt im Streitfall mit der K�nstlergruppe Etoy nach
New York Times, Dec. 29, 1999: Etoys Offers to Drop Suit Against Artists Group
The American Reporter, Dec. 29, 1999: In Retreat, eToys to 'Move Away' From etoy Lawsuit
The American Reporter, Dec. 28, 1999: Clashing Domain Names Underlie Unusual Court Case
Swiss National Television, Dec. 24, 1999: Not available online. (Coverage of the MOMA conference, and interviews with etoy agents. Also, the Swiss crew travelled to Santa Monica to attempt to interview Toby Lenk, eToys CEO, but he refused.)
Ciberpaís, Jan. 6, 2000: Un grupo de 'net.art' pierde una batalla legal contra eToys
CNN, Dec. 29, 1999: "A protest against eToys for some sort of obscure reason..."
Banner look familiar? See CNN.
Yahoo! Finance, Dec. 23, 1999: Wrong! Of eToys and Dot-Coms ("A third reason for the [eToys stock] decline might be some sort of sabotage of the site itself by dissident Web folk who are apparently enraged about a court battle eToys has had against Etoy.com, some small Swedish art site.")
"Morning Edition," NPR, Dec. 18, 1999, RealAudio: Attack on eToys (transcript here)
Berliner Zeitung, Dec. 21, 1999 (in German): Spielzeugkrieg geht weiter
eBund, Dec. 24, 1999 (in German): Geldkultur gegen Netzkultur
USA Today, Dec. 29, 1999: Peace in our time?
Feed, Dec. 23, 1999: A good year for lawyers
ZDNet, Dec. 21, 1999: Toy Wars
Time Digital, Dec. 19, 1999: Etoy vs. Etoys: E-commerce Gets Ugly
ZDTV, Dec. 19, 1999: A Protest Group Fights Back
Reinhold Grether's summary
Digital Coast Weekly, Dec. 16, 1999: eToys Takes on etoy in a Legal Battle Yet to Be Resolved
CNN, Dec. 23, 1999: As New Year nears, threat of Net attack program mounts (shows the hysteria factory hard at work)
Wired News, Dec. 21, 1999: Etoy: 'This Means War' (discusses the conference)
ZDNet News, Dec. 14, 1999, top story: Protest Group Out To "Destroy" eToys (same story in Interactive Week)
ZDNet News, Dec. 14, 1999 (in Japanese): Protest Group Out To "Destroy" eToys
Telepolis, Dec. 13, 1999: The Toy War Escalates
Der Bund, Dec. 23, 1999 (in German): Boykott gegen E-Business-Giganten
Weltwoche, Dec. 23, 1999 (in German): Vorweihnachtlicher Spielzeugkrieg: eToys vs. etoy
Tages-Anzeiger, Dec. 22, 1999 (in German): 15000 Dollar im Tag f�r die Anw�lte
WOZ, Dec. 23, 1999 (in German): Forget X-mas. Get online. Join E-War!
Wired News, Dec. 17, 1999: "Be Grateful For Etoy"
Badische Zeitung, Dec. 22, 1999 (in German): Schlachtget�se im Internet
Newsticker, Dec. 18, 1999 (in German): Internetprovider auf Betreiben von eToys.com blockiert
The Online Reporter, Dec. 1999: How Grinchy Can You Get?
Wired News, Dec. 20, 1999: Major Toy Site, Um, Er, Sucks
Telepolis, Dec. 19, 1999 (in German): Virtuelles Sit-in geht weiter
Globe Technology, Dec. 23, 1999: Toys are not us (discusses the conference)
New York Times, Dec. 18, 1999: ISP Blocked After eToys Protest
CNN, Dec. 21, 1999: eToys attacks show need for strong Web defenses (same article as below; some of its errors are discussed in Slashdot--others include the assertion that RTMark made eToys' IP available to help hackers... as if they needed that)
Network World, Dec. 20, 1999: eToys attacks show need for strong Web defenses
Financial Times, Dec. 18, 1999: e-TOYS: Hackers Try to Disrupt Internet Company
Arizona Daily Star, Dec. 20, 1999: How the Grinch stole etoy.com
VilaWeb, Dec. 21, 1999 (in Catalan): La revolta de les joguines
Telepolis, Dec. 18, 1999 (in German): Der Domainnamenkonflikt zwischen Etoy und eToys spitzt sich zu
Frankfurter Rundschau, Dec. 23, 1999 (in German): Krieg im Netz. Muskelspiel der Bosse: Warum der Konzern "eToys" die Kunst von "etoy" nicht mag
VNUNet, Dec. 24, 1999: etoy domain name battle intensifies
Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Dec. 22, 1999 (in German): Spiel und Ernst
Telepolis, Dec. 13, 1999 (in German): RTMark ruft zu einem Internetspiel gegen eToys.com auf
Libération, Dec. 17, 1999 (in French): Technoguérilla
APB News, Dec. 15, 1999: Online Toy Store Under Virtual Attack
ZDNet, Dec. 15, 1999: ETOYS RAISES DOMAIN QUANDARY
ZDNet, Dec. 15, 1999 (response to above): What RTMark is doing is criminal
Wired News, Dec. 15, 1999: E-Riots Threaten EToys.com
Slashdot, Dec. 16, 1999 (discussion): NSI Steps Into the eToys vs etoy Debate
The Industry Standard, Dec. 15, 1999: No Toying Around (includes comment by etoy lawyer)
"Morning Edition," NPR, Dec. 13, 1999, RealAudio: Trademark Infringement Suit (transcript here)
USA Today, Dec. 15, 1999: Etoy's allies aren't playing around
PR Web, Dec. 9, 1999: Web revolts against eToys - Its Just an 'S'!
Wired News, Dec. 11, 1999: Toying with Domain Names
New York Times, Dec. 9, 1999: EToys Lawsuit Is No Fun for Artist Group
Seattle Weekly, Dec. 17, 1999: The Name Game
Associated Press, Dec. 15, 1999: Online Toy Store Under Attack (also here, here, here, etc.)
Note: etoy and ®^TMark are of course not "online renegades" as the AP story says; etoy is the most important Internet art group, and ®^TMark is... ®^TMark. All of these other articles are much fairer.
PC World, Dec. 13, 1999: E-Toy(s) Story
The Industry Standard, Dec. 15, 1999, English version: What's in an "S"? Ask eToys
Der Standard, Feb. 3, 2000 (in German): CHRONOLOGIE DER EREIGNISSE
San Jose Mercury News, Dec. 17, 1999: eToys, Go Home
Branchez-Vous, Dec. 13, 1999, in French: Campagne contre eToys
Sidney Morning Herald, Dec. 12, 1999: EToys wins court freeze on Etoy site
Internet Intern, Dec. 21, 1999 (in German): Etoyssucks liebt eToys
Toronto Globe and Mail, Dec. 13, 1999, not online: Hacking eToys
Washington Post, Dec. 10, 1999: EToys vs. Etoy: A Clash of Commerce and Art
London Independent, Dec. 13, 1999: eToys vs. etoy
Tasty Bits from the Technology Front, Dec. 13, 1999: Is eToys paying in market cap for bullying etoy?
Slashdot, Dec. 3, 1999: No EToy for Christmas
Telepolis, Dec. 6, 1999: Toywars
Telepolis, Dec. 6, 1999 (in German): Spielzeugkriege
ArtsWire, Dec. 15, 1999: California Court Blocks Artists Www.Etoy.Com Domain
h2so4, Dec. 3, 1999: Sell eToys. Buy etoy.
Multimédium, Dec. 7, 1999: eToys.com force etoy.com � retraiter
Village Voice, Dec. 1, 1999: e-Toy Story
Internet News, Dec. 6, 1999: eToys takes on etoy
City Pages, Dec. 1, 1999: This Means eWar!
Salon, Nov. 30, 1999: Toy story
For more media coverage click here
And how's this for irony?
About Leonardo-- ZDNet, March 11, 2000 (in French): Affaire Leonardo : profil bas chez Transasia
About Leonardo-- Libération, Feb. 18, 2000 (in French): La dictature du ® (the storm is gathering)
About Leonardo-- Telepolis, Dec. 23, 1999 (in German): K�nstler raus!
About Moviola--Wired, June 16, 2000: Did RT Miss the Mark This Time?

Autodesk intimidation

ZDNet, Feb. 10, 2000: Protest Group Claims It Intimidated Autodesk (reprinted in Yahoo and elsewhere)
ZDNet, Feb. 9, 2000: It's a new era--of economic blackmail
(Inaccuracy: The3DStudio.com was not named after Autodesk's product.
Remarkable corporate poetry: "Even the largest of the large, the most profitable of the profitable, are at risk. The Internet's age of innocence is over.")
Internet News Radio, Feb. 10, 2000: RealAudio / MP3 part 1, MP3 part 2 (clip from stream.internet.com)
Webpromote Weekly Newsletter, Feb. 2000 vol. 3: DOMAIN NAME DISPUTES FAIL TO CLARIFY CYBER COPYRIGHT LAW