NPR's linking policy

buz46 · 06-23-2002, 09:29 AM

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?

Hubris Boy · 06-23-2002, 07:13 PM

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

Fuck 'em !

elSicomoro · 06-23-2002, 09:08 PM

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.

MaggieL · 06-23-2002, 10:08 PM

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.

06-23-2002, 09:29 AM	#1
buz46 Layperson Join Date: May 2002 Location: I live in the ultra-hip washington D.C. suburbbbbb of Takoma Park Maryland Posts: 13	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?

06-23-2002, 10:08 PM	#4
MaggieL in the Hour of Scampering Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia) Posts: 4,060	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. __________________ "Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..." Last edited by MaggieL; 06-23-2002 at 10:13 PM.

06-23-2002, 07:13 PM	#2
Hubris Boy Keymaster of Gozer Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Patapsco Drainage Basin Posts: 471	Clearly, there's only one possible response to this kind of nonsense: Fuck 'em !

06-23-2002, 09:08 PM	#3
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	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.

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