<nettime> J Sainsbury's plc Prosecutes Internet Artists.

[Trina Mould <press1@irational.org>]

PRESS RELEASE - July 1997

J Sainsbury's plc begins legal action against IRATIONAL.ORG Internet
Artists for copyright Infringement; Trademark Infringement; Passing Off;
and theft of corporate data.

J SAINSBURYS plc have issued a writ
<http://www.irational.org/tm/archived/sainsbury/> demanding that
IRATIONAL.ORG  hand over stolen personal data gathered from individuals
visiting a fake Sainsbury's web site
<http://www.irational.org/tm/archived/sainsbury/index2.html>.

This site is part of an ongoing art project called 'TM Clubcard - Earn
Points When You Surf'. <http://www.irational.org/tm/clubcard/>
which redistributes captured loyalty cards and corporate identities across
the internet and rewards visitors with 'points' when they surf selected websites.

Trina Mould <t_mould@irational.org>
http://www.irational.org/tm/
0171 234 0804


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