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Boycott Amazon.com Description of and links about boycott over "1-Click" patent. http://www.clapper.org/boycott-amazon/

GNU Project: Boycott Amazon! Richard Stallman of the GNU Project calls for a boycott of Amazon for enforcing its patent on the obvious concept of one-click purchasing. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/amazon.html

Igdmlgd Weblog detailing the progress of the author's request for reexamination of the Amazon one-click patent. http://igdmlgd.blogspot.com

Boycott Amazon Article by Richard Stallman calling for boycott and reader responses. [Linux Today] (December 22, 1999) http://linuxtoday.com/stories/13652_flat.html

Wired on Amazon.com Boycott Discussion of Wired article on the Amazon.com boycott. [Slashdot] (December 20, 1999) http://slashdot.org/yro/99/12/20/1138251.shtml

The Amazon of All Boycotts Article about open-source proponent Richard Stallman's boycott of Amazon.com following the company's victory in a patent suit against rival Barnes and Noble. (December 18, 1999) http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/1999/12/33151

Richard Stallman Calls for Amazon Boycott Discussion of Linux Today article by Richard Stallman. [Slashdot] (December 13, 1999) http://slashdot.org/articles/99/12/13/2353214.shtml

Amazon Wins Court Ruling in Patent Case Signaling that many common features on Web sites can be patented, a federal judge has ordered Barnesandnoble.com to stop using a "one click ordering" system that Amazon.com patented. [New York Times] [Free subscription required] (December 3, 1999) http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/12/biztech/articles/03amazon.html

Amazon sues Barnesandnoble.com over patent The Net retail giant sues Barnesandnoble.com, alleging that the rival book and music e-tailer illegally copied Amazon's patented 1-Click technology. [CNet] (October 22, 1999) http://news.cnet.com/2100-1001-231798.html