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FC: KPMG says nobody can link to kpmg.com without permission

------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Wed, 05 Dec 2001 21:07:07 -0500 To: politech@politechbot.com From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com> Subject: FC: KPMG says nobody can link to kpmg.com without permission Copies to: fdunne@kpmg.com, chris@raettig.org, privacy@kpmg.com, webmaster@kpmg.com Send reply to: declan@well.com

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

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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

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