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Date: 2002-07-23
Zensur: E$$O gegen Greenpeace-.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- In one of these cases, Greenpeace, along with several coalition partners, has been waging a campaign against petroleum giant Esso, claiming that the firm has done "more than any oil company to block international action on global warming." As part of this campaign, it created a special logo based on Esso's insignia, but replaced the double "s" in Esso with a double dollar sign ("$$"). These logos were posted on several Greenpeace-related websites, including a special "Stop Esso" webpage in France. The oil conglomerate's French subsidiary then sued Greenpeace's French division and the division's webhost (Internet FR) in a Paris court, on the grounds that the altered Esso symbols damaged its reputation (while curiously claiming that the lawsuit had nothing to do with Greenpeace's right to protest). The presiding judge threw out the lawsuit against the webhost, but issued a preliminary injunction against Greenpeace France's use of the doctored Esso logo pending a full trial; if Greenpeace fails to comply, it could be fined 5000 Euros per day. In a statement, Greenpeace called the ruling "a blow to freedom of expression on the Internet" and "climate protection." One of the group's spokespeople Stephanie Tunmore, labeled the lawsuit as "just another attempt by Esso to use its money as a means of continuing its dirty business unhindered. ... Esso's action in taking Greenpeace to court has simply made its bad reputation worse." A number of cyberliberties groups have spoken out in support of Greenpeace, including Imaginons un Reseau Internet Solidaire (IRIS-a GILC member), which expressed concern over how trademark laws increasingly were being used to stifle criticism and otherwise threaten noncommercial activities. Subsequently, another company sued Greenpeace on similar grounds. Nuclear processing firm Areva has launched a legal action against Greenpeace France, Greenpeace New Zealand and Internet FR, over another protest logo, which had a stylized skull as the shadow of the firm's corporate symbol. A formal hearing date on this second lawsuit has yet to be scheduled. For more on the Areva lawsuit in French (Francais), read Christophe Guillemin, "Greenpeace France a nouveau assigne pour detournement de logo," ZDNet France, 18 July 2002 at http://news.zdnet.fr/story/0,,t118-s2119386,00.html To see Greenpeace's anti-Areva logo, click http://www.greenpeace.fr/campagnes/nucleaire/retraitement/index.php3 To read the text of the Stop Esso ruling (in PDF format), click http://archive.greenpeace.org/esso/essofrdecision.pdf A Greenpeace press release on this subject is posted under http://www.greenpeace.org/news/details?news_id=17797 The French Stop Esso website is located at http://greenpeace.fr/stopesso/ For an Esso press release on this subject (in PDF format), click http://www.esso.com/eaff/essofrance/pdf/Esso_France_lawsuit_against_Greenpea ce_july_8.pdf An IRIS press release about the French Esso case is available at http://www.iris.sgdg.org/info-debat/comm-esso0602.html - -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- edited by Harkank published on: 2002-07-23 comments to office@quintessenz.at subscribe Newsletter - -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- 
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