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To: Rande Is who wrote (35202)	9/18/2000 1:20:08 AM
From: Whiteboy	Respond to of 57584

Rande I am holding 300 shares of FIRE in my wifes IRA. May dump it in the am if it doesn't get too bloody first thing...After that I am all cash and plan on staying all cash except for some scalping for the next month or so...If this market tanks like I expect "naz 3000" the blood will really start to flow by the middle part of the week With the way the CSCO,INTC,and,AMAT started acting last week, the writting was on the wall. I would be short these stocks except I do not feel I have reached that level with my trading experience yet. There maybe some good IPO's to have, at really cheap prices next month and I will let you know when I see them Whiteboy

To: Rande Is who wrote (35202)	9/18/2000 9:25:22 AM
From: Brasco One	Respond to of 57584

Digital Island Sues Akamai for Patent Infringement SAN FRANCISCO--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Sept. 18, 2000-- Digital Island, Inc. (Nasdaq:ISLD - news), a leading global e-Business Delivery Network, announced today it is filing an Interference Action with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office against Akamai Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:AKAM - news) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The action is in response to a complaint filed Sept. 13 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts by Akamai and MIT alleging patent infringement by Digital Island. Digital Island also today is filing a complaint against Akamai in the U.S. District Court for the District of California alleging patent infringement by Akamai. The intellectual property in dispute concerns technologies that Digital Island and Akamai use to deliver content over the Internet. Based on advice of counsel, Digital Island does not believe it is infringing on the MIT patent, which is licensed exclusively to Akamai. Digital Island has patent pending claims for the same inventions claimed by MIT and believes its own claims have priority over the MIT claim as its patent claims predate MIT's. Digital Island believes that the Patent and Trademark Office will ultimately award ownership of these inventions to Digital Island. In addition, Digital Island believes Akamai infringes on Digital Island's content delivery inventions covered in a patent issued November 2, 1999 and has filed the suit in California to ensure the protection of its intellectual assets. This patent covers the use of ``fingerprinting'' technology to improve the security and performance of content delivery networks. ``We have a tradition of respecting the intellectual property rights of others,'' said Ruann F. Ernst, chairman and CEO of Digital Island. ``We are disappointed in Akamai's allegations and attempts to disrupt the operation of our Footprint(TM) Content Delivery Network. Based on Akamai's actions, however, we have no choice but to respond in kind. Outside of the courtroom, we will continue to seek a more rational approach to resolving this dispute.''