Comments on: BusinessWeek: Don’t Link to Us! http://www.blogherald.com/2008/05/09/businessweek-dont-link-to-us/ The leading source of news covering social media and the blogosphere. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:30:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Watch Arsenal http://www.blogherald.com/2008/05/09/businessweek-dont-link-to-us/comment-page-1/#comment-1129235 Watch Arsenal Sun, 18 Dec 2011 05:41:50 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/05/09/businessweek-dont-link-to-us/#comment-1129235 Basically, admirable what you’ve carried out here. It truly is pleasing to appear you express from the heart as well as your clarity on this significant material might be simply looked. Impressive post and will look ahead to your future update. Basically, admirable what you’ve carried out here. It truly is pleasing to appear you express from the heart as well as your clarity on this significant material might be simply looked. Impressive post and will look ahead to your future update.

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]]> By: Fern R http://www.blogherald.com/2008/05/09/businessweek-dont-link-to-us/comment-page-1/#comment-450459 Fern R Sun, 11 May 2008 06:17:33 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/05/09/businessweek-dont-link-to-us/#comment-450459 Please delete this comment, I just forgot to check the "Notify me of followup comments via e-mail" box. BTW, do you guys have a comments RSS feed? If not, why not?! Please delete this comment, I just forgot to check the “Notify me of followup comments via e-mail” box. BTW, do you guys have a comments RSS feed? If not, why not?!

]]> By: Fern R http://www.blogherald.com/2008/05/09/businessweek-dont-link-to-us/comment-page-1/#comment-450457 Fern R Sun, 11 May 2008 06:12:51 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/05/09/businessweek-dont-link-to-us/#comment-450457 1) I don't see where BW said that people cannot link to their website. Admittedly I skimmed and searched for the word "link." 2) Off the top of my head, I don't think BW has any way to legally enforce their request that people not link to their site (if that is in fact what they are doing). Copyright law has always permitted people to quote small portions of a written text and paraphrase for the purpose of commenting on it. Yet the BW user agreement says, "The User may not commingle any portion of BW.com with any other information and shall not edit, modify, or alter any portion." I don't see how BW would be able to get around the First Amendment by extending their copyright as far as they are attempting to do. I'm not an expert in this area of law, and I would be surprised if any court has had the opportunity to analyze First Amendment rights, copyright law and contract law under these cricumstances...but my two cents is that they are beyond the bounds of their legal rights. 1) I don’t see where BW said that people cannot link to their website. Admittedly I skimmed and searched for the word “link.”

2) Off the top of my head, I don’t think BW has any way to legally enforce their request that people not link to their site (if that is in fact what they are doing). Copyright law has always permitted people to quote small portions of a written text and paraphrase for the purpose of commenting on it. Yet the BW user agreement says, “The User may not commingle any portion of BW.com with any other information and shall not edit, modify, or alter any portion.” I don’t see how BW would be able to get around the First Amendment by extending their copyright as far as they are attempting to do.

I’m not an expert in this area of law, and I would be surprised if any court has had the opportunity to analyze First Amendment rights, copyright law and contract law under these cricumstances…but my two cents is that they are beyond the bounds of their legal rights.

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.blogherald.com/2008/05/09/businessweek-dont-link-to-us/comment-page-1/#comment-450228 Jennifer Sat, 10 May 2008 07:17:45 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/05/09/businessweek-dont-link-to-us/#comment-450228 One of my blogs is an office/business type blog and I link to them fairly often. Or did I guess. This is a really lame decision. Especially since many bloggers provide both links, i.e. read (this article) that's at (blah website). That's basic etiquette I tend to follow, but I'm not sending my readers on some treasure hunt. Like; "once you get to BW, click on news, then December, then scroll down the page..." I mean really; how lame. One of my blogs is an office/business type blog and I link to them fairly often. Or did I guess. This is a really lame decision. Especially since many bloggers provide both links, i.e. read (this article) that’s at (blah website). That’s basic etiquette I tend to follow, but I’m not sending my readers on some treasure hunt. Like; “once you get to BW, click on news, then December, then scroll down the page…” I mean really; how lame.

]]> By: BusinessWeek Doesn’t Want Your Links at the Dark Corner http://www.blogherald.com/2008/05/09/businessweek-dont-link-to-us/comment-page-1/#comment-450209 BusinessWeek Doesn’t Want Your Links at the Dark Corner Sat, 10 May 2008 04:34:45 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/05/09/businessweek-dont-link-to-us/#comment-450209 [...] The Blog Herald, and CNET have already picked up the story, and I’m sure several others will be following [...] [...] The Blog Herald, and CNET have already picked up the story, and I’m sure several others will be following [...]

]]> By: mrG http://www.blogherald.com/2008/05/09/businessweek-dont-link-to-us/comment-page-1/#comment-450109 mrG Fri, 09 May 2008 20:52:56 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/05/09/businessweek-dont-link-to-us/#comment-450109 Heh, well, just to show that things CAN get a great deal worse, let me tell you about my experience with a local regional newspaper, quite a big one actually (most small newspapers belong to conglomerates) but here's what happened: I had a Google News RSS feed in the sidebar of a small local community website (dozens of member! ;) and I get a phonecall threatening legal action if I don't desist in using their headlines! Excuse me? You see, she didn't know that Google scans 'news' sites and offers the results for syndication. "That's going to STOP!" she proclaimed and I said OK, you stop them, you'll no longer see your precious news headlines on my site. I even gave her the precise link to google's opt-out form. For a long time, I saw no headlines from them, but I'm starting to see some now. No doubt they found "the problem" and fired the bitch. Heh, well, just to show that things CAN get a great deal worse, let me tell you about my experience with a local regional newspaper, quite a big one actually (most small newspapers belong to conglomerates) but here’s what happened: I had a Google News RSS feed in the sidebar of a small local community website (dozens of member! ;) and I get a phonecall threatening legal action if I don’t desist in using their headlines! Excuse me?

You see, she didn’t know that Google scans ‘news’ sites and offers the results for syndication. “That’s going to STOP!” she proclaimed and I said OK, you stop them, you’ll no longer see your precious news headlines on my site. I even gave her the precise link to google’s opt-out form.

For a long time, I saw no headlines from them, but I’m starting to see some now. No doubt they found “the problem” and fired the bitch.

]]> By: Digital Biographer™ » BusinessWeek: Don’t Link to Us! http://www.blogherald.com/2008/05/09/businessweek-dont-link-to-us/comment-page-1/#comment-449997 Digital Biographer™ » BusinessWeek: Don’t Link to Us! Fri, 09 May 2008 15:35:08 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/05/09/businessweek-dont-link-to-us/#comment-449997 [...] read more | digg story [...] [...] read more | digg story [...]

]]> By: David Petherick http://www.blogherald.com/2008/05/09/businessweek-dont-link-to-us/comment-page-1/#comment-449993 David Petherick Fri, 09 May 2008 15:29:48 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/05/09/businessweek-dont-link-to-us/#comment-449993 Stupid. Coincidentally, I just helped someone who's writing an article for them with about a dozen really savvy links. So maybe next time... yeah. I think it's the legal wonks again - lawyers are to the Blogosphere what Napalm was to Vietnamese civilians. I've dugg it - Digg it up folks: http://httv.biz/bizweak/ regards, David Stupid. Coincidentally, I just helped someone who’s writing an article for them with about a dozen really savvy links.

So maybe next time… yeah. I think it’s the legal wonks again – lawyers are to the Blogosphere what Napalm was to Vietnamese civilians.

I’ve dugg it – Digg it up folks: http://httv.biz/bizweak/

regards, David

]]> By: J. Angelo Racoma http://www.blogherald.com/2008/05/09/businessweek-dont-link-to-us/comment-page-1/#comment-449963 J. Angelo Racoma Fri, 09 May 2008 13:59:12 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/05/09/businessweek-dont-link-to-us/#comment-449963 Been like that for as long as I can remember - http://racoma.com.ph/archives/on-linking-policies Been like that for as long as I can remember – http://racoma.com.ph/archives/on-linking-policies

]]> By: Solo Business Marketing http://www.blogherald.com/2008/05/09/businessweek-dont-link-to-us/comment-page-1/#comment-449953 Solo Business Marketing Fri, 09 May 2008 13:08:30 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/05/09/businessweek-dont-link-to-us/#comment-449953 Can't link? Perhaps BusinessWeek hasn't yet digested the scope and definition of "online presence." This is the medium where we read, comment, and share. It's okay if an entity doesn't want to participate. Just don't be here. Can’t link? Perhaps BusinessWeek hasn’t yet digested the scope and definition of “online presence.”

This is the medium where we read, comment, and share. It’s okay if an entity doesn’t want to participate. Just don’t be here.

]]> By: Stephen http://www.blogherald.com/2008/05/09/businessweek-dont-link-to-us/comment-page-1/#comment-449942 Stephen Fri, 09 May 2008 12:54:52 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/05/09/businessweek-dont-link-to-us/#comment-449942 About as stupid as the subject-verb disagreement in your fourth sentence. About as stupid as the subject-verb disagreement in your fourth sentence.

]]> By: Jeffro2pt0 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/05/09/businessweek-dont-link-to-us/comment-page-1/#comment-449933 Jeffro2pt0 Fri, 09 May 2008 12:30:22 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/05/09/businessweek-dont-link-to-us/#comment-449933 It is indeed pretty stupid, but not new. I remember a similar popular site which this happened to just a few months ago and I heard about it on the Buzz Out Loud podcast. It dealt with the same exact issue which makes me think that BusinessWeek and some other companies/sites went through the same legal service to prepare their user agreements. In fact, there was an entire website devoted to these stupid YOU CAN'T LINK TO US orders. Check it out here http://www.dontlink.com/ it hasn't been updated in years, I think it's time it came out of hibernation It is indeed pretty stupid, but not new. I remember a similar popular site which this happened to just a few months ago and I heard about it on the Buzz Out Loud podcast. It dealt with the same exact issue which makes me think that BusinessWeek and some other companies/sites went through the same legal service to prepare their user agreements.

In fact, there was an entire website devoted to these stupid YOU CAN’T LINK TO US orders. Check it out here http://www.dontlink.com/ it hasn’t been updated in years, I think it’s time it came out of hibernation

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