» Advanced HTML For Beginners: Yellow links can destroy your day and your income    Forum thread on the eZula "scumware" and possible responses.    http://www.ahfb2000.com/webmaster_help_desk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=301

» Applelinks: Another New Technology to Deep-Six    Editorial suggesting "loud, pointed, organized protests" against this attempt to "take over your web pages."    http://www.applelinks.com/articles/2001/08/20010803142336.shtml

» Associate Programs Newsletter: How to stop Scumware from defacing your website    Explains how Top Text and similar programs can negatively affect income streams, particularly for sites that use affiliate programs.    http://www.associateprograms.com/search/newsletter173.shtml

» COTSE: You may have heard of Microsoft Smart Tags, but have you seen Ezula and Surf+?    A webmaster's editorial accusing TopText and Intelsoft International's Surf+ of theft, false advertising, and deceptive self-promotion.    http://www.cotse.com/8202001.html

» Ethics in Advertising    Editorial asking "How far should advertising go?" Examines eZula's browser plug in as a specific example of unethical advertising.    http://www.rubak.com/article.cfm?ID=13

» Foistware    Information to help users and webmasters identify when Top Text is installed.    http://www.cexx.org/toptext.htm

» Mystery links: New Web advertising tool gets results, draws criticism    San Francisco Chronicle: mentions concerns about the ethics of covert advertising, and commercial firms outraged by links to competitors' sites.    http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/07/30/BU231339.DTL

» PCWorld: Latest Online Ad Gimmick: Hyperlinks    "Advertisers try aggressive (and annoying) hyperlink technology to make the Web pay."    http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,57064,00.asp

» PetitionOnline: eZula    Petition protesting insertion of advertising links on web pages.    http://www.petitiononline.com/toptext/

» Protect Your Web Site from Unwanted Linking    Explains how the eZula system works and provides resources that allow users to remove it and to help web site owners protect their sites from unwanted advertising insertion.    http://www.unwantedlinks.com/

» Salon.com: The parasite economy    Examines the spread of both "spyware" and programs that add commercial links to websites. KaZaa's distribution of eZula is heavily featured.    http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/08/02/parasite_capital/index.html

» San Diego Daily Transcript: 'Poachware' Routes Computer Users To Alternate Web Sites    Article about anti-competitive involuntary hyperlinks being placed by Top Text (aka ContextPro).    http://www.sddt.com/Search/article.cfm?SourceCode=20010827tba

» Search Engine Watch: Forget Smart Tags; TopText Is Doing What You Feared    Editorial decrying stealth download tactics, copyright and other legal violations.    http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=2164091

» 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

» StopScum    Resources, news and forums for the fight against contextual advertising.    http://www.stopscum.com/

» ThiefWare.com    Information and resources primarily for webmasters who wish to fight unethical contextual advertising.    http://www.thiefware.com/

» TrafficG Yellow and Green Link Killer    Provides script to disable Top Text and Surf+. Documents source code alterations made by these programs.    http://www.trafficg.com/scumware/index.htm

» WebHostingTalk Forums: KaZaa is Hijacking Traffic!    Webmasters and surfers, mostly disapproving of the embedded advertising links.    http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?threadid=18027&perpage=20&pagenumber=1

» Whirly Wiry Web: Fighting Ezula    Discussion of web design to detect and defeat contextual advertising, including recognizing the HotText and TopText plugins.    http://www.whirlywiryweb.com/q/ezula.asp

» You got the yellow linking Virus?    Gives information on how to remove/unistall TopText, and links to other more detailed resources.    http://www.funs.co.uk/virus/

» c|net Tech News: Chorus of Gator critics grows    Article on Interactive Advertising Bureau's possible regulatory complaint over Gator's ad insertion. Also discusses Top Text and the effort against it.    http://www.news.com/2100-1023-272244.html

» c|net Tech News: Peer-to-peer exchanges court advertisers    Article describing the financial arrangements, briefly mentioning the controversy.    http://www.news.com/2100-1023-271020.html

» eZula and Surf+ Script Killer    Provides a script killer for the eZula software. Also works on Surf+.    http://www.searchking.com/ezulakiller/

» geek/talk Forums at GeekVillage    Discussion about the eZula TopText defacement in the context of copyright violation.    http://www.geekvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12175