People Revoking the "Right" to link to them?

Discussion in 'Link Development' started by aeiouy, Sep 6, 2005.

  1. #1
    As far as I know, the ability to link to someone else's page is not something that is earned or is the site owner who is being linked to, to take away.

    I just came across this little blurb from a New Hampshire Newspaper repriting policy:

    http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031201/ABOUTUS/31201001/-1/ABOUT"


    I just find it amusing that they act like they can revoke your right to link to their pages. They certainly could block your access if they wanted to, I guess I just find the wording a bit amusing.
     
    aeiouy, Sep 6, 2005 IP
  2. Will.Spencer

    Will.Spencer NetBuilder

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    #2
    I thought the courts decided that you could link to anyone you wanted to?
     
    Will.Spencer, Sep 6, 2005 IP
  3. SEbasic

    SEbasic Peon

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    #3
    That's BS - how on earth would they police it?
     
    SEbasic, Sep 6, 2005 IP
  4. briandunning

    briandunning Active Member

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    #4
    It's just good marketing. Tell them they can't have it, and they'll want it. :)
     
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  5. Dominic

    Dominic Well-Known Member

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    #5
    If you read the info on linking to the red cross, they have something similar, but I think the issue is more about displaying their logo or banners to stop fraud.
     
    Dominic, Sep 6, 2005 IP
  6. lorien1973

    lorien1973 Notable Member

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    #6
    lots of sites have policies against linking to internal pages within the site. Since urls can change all the time, it makes quite a bit of sense - for like news sites, and things of the like.
     
    lorien1973, Sep 6, 2005 IP
  7. forkqueue

    forkqueue Guest

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    #7
    But cool URIs never change!

    Seriously, these sorts of legal disclaimers are obviously written by lawyers whose use of the internet extends to the occasional visit to playboy.com. They have no idea what linking is, but that doesn't stop them trying to claim some sort of ownership over it.
     
    forkqueue, Sep 6, 2005 IP
  8. tylercruz

    tylercruz Peon

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    #8
    You can link to whomever you want.. anyone who says otherwise is simply wrong.
     
    tylercruz, Sep 6, 2005 IP
  9. sparkimarki

    sparkimarki Peon

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    #9
    Why would anybody turn down links unless there was a legal problem with the site linking to you or other legal offence?
     
    sparkimarki, Sep 6, 2005 IP
  10. Old Welsh Guy

    Old Welsh Guy Notable Member

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    #10
    There was a court case that prevented deep linking, framing hotlinking etc, and by and large this is what they talk about. On my rugby forum, I contacted the BBC to ask about us using their content via copy & paste. They said we can use it, but get this lol provided that when we link back we do not use any BBC logo or trademark other than the url?

    As stated, they are more protective of their brand than their content. They even linked to my site from their sports section :)
     
    Old Welsh Guy, Sep 6, 2005 IP
  11. zman

    zman Peon

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    #11
    lol, yeah exactly.
     
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  12. briandunning

    briandunning Active Member

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    #12
    We got a cease & desist letter once from some lamer who didn't want us linking to his site. Why argue?
     
    briandunning, Sep 10, 2005 IP
  13. pcdoc

    pcdoc Active Member

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    #13
    Yeah, just remove the link, not worth the hassle.
     
    pcdoc, Sep 11, 2005 IP