Suit Filed Over Release of Pixar Salaries

Officials at Pixar, the company that created the computer graphics for the movie “Toy Story,” have filed suit over an anonymous e-mail message that revealed the salaries of the company’s 400 employees. The e-mail distributed two weeks ago was attributed to Pixar Chief Executive Steve Jobs, who has denied sending it. The lawsuit filed last week in Contra Costa County Superior Court seeks a restraining order barring the e-mail’s unknown author from further publication or use of the information, which the company calls a “trade secret.” According to the suit, the message was accurate in identifying every employee’s position and pay.