CNet: Wal-Mart tries to stop early Black Friday ad posts
This sounds like a job for Wal-mart's Directorate of Intelligence, Black Ops, and Slinky Leather Clad Assassins which they unveiled last spring.
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Wal-Mart's lawyers have an early holiday message for Web sites that post Black Friday ads ahead of their official release date: Don't do it. Wal-Mart Stores said on Friday that its lawyers have sent letters to the Web sites,saying publishing the ads before their official November 19 release date violates Wal-Mart's copyrights and other rights.
"Such violations can give rise to liabilities and severe legal penalties," said the letter, posted on the bfads.net Web site (PDF). "To the extent that the methods of acquisition or use include criminal activity, criminal penalties may also apply."
November 19 is just four days before Black Friday, the day after the Thanksgiving Day holiday when shoppers throng to stores looking for deep discounts that retailers use as a lure to get the key holiday sales season off to a strong start.
But more and more of the advertising circulars retailers put out a few days ahead of Black Friday have found their way to Web sites weeks in advance instead.
This sounds like a job for Wal-mart's Directorate of Intelligence, Black Ops, and Slinky Leather Clad Assassins which they unveiled last spring.
