Heinz says sorry for ketchup QR code that links to porn site

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A friend of mine was a web producer, mostly successful but one of his clients refused to pay, so my friend redirected his domain to a porn site.

His parents were quite surprised when a sheriff's deputy came to their home in hopes of serving a lawsuit complaint.

I never heard how the lawsuit turned out but I expect the client would have lost.

I expect the client would have lost

Really? If I buy a domain that refers to someone else's business and redirect it to a porn site, I would expect a complaint against me to be upheld - it's at least trademark infringement, if not some form of defamation. The fact there was work involved and the client didn't pay doesn't change that.

The client contracted for a website but then didn't pay. My friend therefore was not expected to deliver.

In the construction trades that's known as a "workman's lien".

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