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5 November 2003

Lycos Dumps Overture and Files Lawsuit

Search portal Terra Lycos has dumped Overture paid listings from their U.S. sites after a disagreement over their contract, signed just 3 months ago.

Terra Lycos are apparently attempting to resolve the dispute in court, having already filed a lawsuit against the Yahoo-owned Overture, according to CBS MarketWatch:

"We understand a lawsuit has been filed by Lycos, but we haven't yet been served," said Jennifer Stephens, a spokeswoman at the Yahoo unit. "As a result, Lycos has removed Overture's listings from its site. We do not believe that Lycos has the right to take down our listings, and we're currently evaluating our options."

Terra Lycos also confided to MarketWatch that it had begun integrating Google results on its U.S. properties last week, in lieu of Overture listings.

"We switched over to Google late on Friday," said Kathy O'Reilly, U.S. spokeswoman for a Terra Lycos.

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