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EToys vs. Etoy: A Clash of Commerce and Art
By Richard Leiby
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, December 10, 1999; Page E01
In the frantic battle for holiday shopping dollars, the upstart Web retailer eToys.com has emerged as one of the winners of the Santa Wars. But in an equally fractious corner of cyberspace, the company is facing a boycott by critics who portray it as a Scrooge whose lawyers forced a small, Internet-based artists' collective to shut down its award-winning Web site.