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As funny as these spoofed ads are, isn't this exactly the sort of thing that libel laws are for? This is a fake site purporting to be, in fact, an official She

As funny as these spoofed ads are, isn't this exactly the sort of thing that libel laws are for? This is a fake site purporting to be, in fact, an official Shell site. I guess their domain name isn't hosted by GoDaddy otherwise the URL would probably already have been redirected to shell.com.

praptak 14y ago
The Yes Men have a track record of impersonating big corps, maybe they count on the companies deciding not to add more fuel to the fire with lawsuits?
cperciva 14y ago
As funny as these spoofed ads are, isn't this exactly the sort of thing that libel laws are for? No, not really. This is what charges of criminal impersonation are for.
- com 14y ago
  Although parody would be an interesting defense. I suppose in some jurisdictions there might be a possible freedom of political speech defense too.
  - cperciva 14y ago
    I am not a lawyer, but I'm not aware of parody being a defence against charges of criminal impersonation.
rmc 14y ago
Yes, in theory this is against the law and Shell could sue them. However, that might not be a good PR move. Greenpeace might fight back, they could go to trial, try to get documents, make claims about "Shell trying to censor talk about their artic drilling" etc. Shell hope this will all just blow over. Litagation will not help it blow over.