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No EToy for Christmas
Coverage of the toywar, including a perspective on domain name dispute resolution. Very lively discussion. [slashdot]
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/12/01/2156208
Top/Society/Activism/Media/Culture_Jamming/etoy/Media_Coverage

Slashdot: Adobe Threatens KIllustrator Over Name
News about Adobe demanding 2500 EUR from the developer of Linux KDE drawing program "Killustrator" for violating their trademark for Adobe Illustrator. News and discussion forum.
http://slashdot.org/articles/01/07/02/1648243.shtml
Top/Society/Issues/Business/Allegedly_Unethical_Firms/Adobe_Systems

Slashdot: Killustrator Author Required to Pay Two Grand
Article about Adobe's lawyers's demand that the University of Magdeburg sign their cease and desist letter, destroy kIllustrator packaging, name every KIllustrator user, and disclose the profit they made from it.
http://slashdot.org/articles/01/07/04/013249.shtml
Top/Society/Issues/Business/Allegedly_Unethical_Firms/Adobe_Systems

Slashdot: Adobe Responds to KIllustrator
Adobe responds to controversy, demanding that KIllustrator gets a new name, but saying they don't want to stop its distribution or development and promising that the author won't have to pay anything.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/07/11/1429224
Top/Society/Issues/Business/Allegedly_Unethical_Firms/Adobe_Systems

Richard Stallman Calls for Amazon Boycott
Discussion of Linux Today article by Richard Stallman. [Slashdot]
http://slashdot.org/articles/99/12/13/2353214.shtml
Top/Society/Issues/Business/Allegedly_Unethical_Firms/Amazon.com

Wired on Amazon.com Boycott
Discussion of Wired article on the Amazon.com boycott. [Slashdot]
http://slashdot.org/yro/99/12/20/1138251.shtml
Top/Society/Issues/Business/Allegedly_Unethical_Firms/Amazon.com

Slashdot: Don't Eat the Yellow Links
Web owners upset by changed content; describes an "opt-out" procedure.
http://slashdot.org/features/01/07/31/2015216.shtml
Top/Society/Issues/Business/Allegedly_Unethical_Firms/Ezula

Slashdot: A New Low for Web Advertisers: Pop-Up Downloads
Report on Gator's pop-up downloads, followed by reader discussion of this and other tactics used by Gator.
http://slashdot.org/articles/02/04/08/1424246.shtml
Top/Society/Issues/Business/Allegedly_Unethical_Firms/Gator

HardOCP Declares Win vs. Infinium Labs
"HardOCP basically won when Infinium Labs finally gave up the fight citing great expenses involved in fighting the declaratory suit." [Slashdot]
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/01/05/1514221
Top/Society/Issues/Business/Allegedly_Unethical_Firms/Infinium_Labs