SCO Files Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against AutoZone

Lawsuit Alleges Copyright Act Violations for Infringing Uses of SCO's Copyright Protected UNIX System V Technology

LAS VEGAS, March 3 -- The SCO Group, Inc. , the owner of the UNIX(R) operating system and a leading provider of UNIX-based solutions, today announced it has filed suit against AutoZone, Inc., for its alleged violations of SCO's UNIX copyrights through its use of Linux.

  SCO's lawsuit alleges the following:

   *  AutoZone violated SCO's UNIX copyrights by running versions of the
      Linux operating system that contain code, structure, sequence and/or
      organization from SCO's proprietary UNIX System V code in violation of
      SCO's copyrights.

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Nevada, requests injunctive relief against AutoZone's further use or copying of any part of SCO's copyrighted materials and also requests damages as a result of AutoZone's infringement in an amount to be proven at trial.

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