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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedGift horse or trojan horse? Ticketmaster takes Microsoft to court over Website links. (Ticketmaster Group Inc., Microsoft Corp.)
Broadcasting & Cable, May, 1997 by Trigoboff, Dan
Ticketmaster takes Microsoft to court over Website links Microsoft is delivering to Ticketmaster, via the World Wide Web, customers armed with credit cards and ready to close the deal. But Ticketmaster objects to Microsoft's method of delivery as well as to the profit Microsoft makes on the way, and their legal battle could change profoundly the way sites link on the World Wide Web.
The international ticketing giant claims injury from Microsoft's links to Ticketmaster's site on the high-tech icon's Seattle Sidewalk local information and event site. Ticketmaster says Microsoft has "wrongfully appropriated and misused Ticketmaster's name, trademarks and Website and is publishing erroneous and misleading information about Ticketmaster's business."...
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