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FC: KPMG says nobody can link to kpmg.com without permission
From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2001 21:07:07 -0500
The BBB (http://www.politechbot.com/p-01823.html) and the International Trademark Association (http://www.politechbot.com/p-01846.html) have also tried to restrict weblinking. OJR.org has a summary (http://www.politechbot.com/p-02071.html) of the relevant law. Of course cease-and-desist letters from corporate "regulatory compliance" officers don't mean much unless they can enforce their requests in court -- and it seems like they can't.
I invite KPMG to reply. -Declan --- Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 00:45:04 +0000 From: jennifer slater <gen () raettig org> To: declan () well com Subject: kpmg and shallow hyperlinking X-UIDL: 9b6365141987b9d8eda069453877953b hi declan, you may or may not be interested in a story which at least seems to be capturing the imagination of webloggers, regarding consulting firm kpmg and their dislike of non-deep hyperlinking. http://chris.raettig.org/email/jnl00036.html followed up in; http://chris.raettig.org/email/jnl00040.html whilst not a legal threat, this is a strongly worded request for the removal of a link to kpmg.com. and one which has provoked strong feeling (and often amusing reaction) online since monday. sincerely, gen. -- jennifer slater gen () raettig org personal communications assistant to chris raettig chris () raettig org http://chris.raettig.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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