NPR's linking policy
 

With al the hulabaloo (sic?) about NPR and their hyperlink "permission slip" this week, I found this article from wired that sheds some light on their "logic" in this matter.
http://wired.com/news/business/0,1367,53355,00.html

It seems unlikely they would be able to enforce this policy. with the exception of the more egregious violations; what does the Cellar think?

Clearly, there's only one possible response to this kind of nonsense:

Fuck 'em !

I remember when Tony frothed about KPMG in a previous thread. :)

What a crock of shit though. NPR could easily say something like, "NPR does not assume responsibility for the content of sites to which we are linked." That seems a hell of a lot easier.

NPR can say anything they like, but they simply have no standing to prevent deep linking to their site. This is what happens when you ask lawyers for opininons on technical mattters.

Of course, a server can simply refuse to process a deep link; many sites do. I usually view this as the hallmark of a site run by assholes, though.