"Remove links from your site to ours"--paraphrased

[edprush]

I have a blog-type site and some of the members have links in their posts to a certain newspaper.

This newspaper contacted me and said in no uncertain terms that we were not given permission to link to their site. The gave me the phone/email of their legal counsel if I would have any further questions.

This kind of sucks.

 

[Pepsi90919]

i think it's time to start an edprush scroll.

 

[doze]

What is your blog site about? Unless is has to do with some freaky stuff I have no idea whay the newspaper would not appreciate the extra traffic?

 

[pulse8]

It's not against the law to link to someone. There's really nothing they can do to you.

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Post the link on ATOT and ask everyone to click it.

 

[Juno]

Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven
Post the link on ATOT and ask everyone to click it.

 

[Wuffsunie]

Contact their counsel, ask how the posting/reposting of links to publicly available information is illegal.

I really want to hear their answer, as liking other sites is the whole foundation of the internet.

 

[mattocs]

Yeah, I don't see a problem. Try and do the blog anonymously and when they contact you, tell them to fvck off.

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Even better, post the letter on your blog along with the link and see if you can get it on Digg or whatever that site is.

 

[Jeff7]

Are you hotlinking to images, or linking to articles that are in a subscription section of their site?

 

[FrustratedUser]

Make the newspaper aware of the ATOT effect.

 

[jfall]

they better start suing search engines too

 

[Bootprint]

Offer to help them prevent hotlinking, of course for a price

 

[tranceport]

ATOT effect waiting for target...

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Originally posted by: tranceport
ATOT effect waiting for target...

Roger, waiting on target acquisition and further orders.

 

[ElFenix]

if they're hotlinking images that's one thing. or if they're avoiding a subscription login.


but if they're linking to a regular article i can't see what the problem is. you should send an email to them stating that you don't appreciate groundless threats.

 

[AlienCraft]

Originally posted by: tranceport
ATOT effect waiting for target...

Locked and Loaded, roger.

Standing by......

 

[simms]

Originally posted by: AlienCraft

Originally posted by: tranceport
ATOT effect waiting for target...

Locked and Loaded, roger.

Standing by......

Alpha 2, standing by.

 

[brxndxn]

Do what other blog sites do and POST THE ENTIRE LETTER on your site and then link to their site.

They're making a legal-style threat that they have no legal grounds to threaten.. Basically, they're probby referring you to their legal department hoping that would be enough. Just post the letter.. then send a letter back asking the legal grounds for the request.

 

[DrPizza]

1 hour later and still no link to the blog site or newspaper site. Shens??

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: tranceport
ATOT effect waiting for target...

I'm ready

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Originally posted by: simms

Originally posted by: AlienCraft

Originally posted by: tranceport
ATOT effect waiting for target...

Locked and Loaded, roger.

Standing by......

Alpha 2, standing by.

Red Three standing by!

 

[preslove]

Originally posted by: tranceport
ATOT effect waiting for target...

Ready and wating!

 

[userman]

Come on, Post the link.

 

[Sinsear]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
1 hour later and still no link to the blog site or newspaper site. Shens??

Apparently so.