TIL during the early days of the internet, companies tried to prohibit linking to some of their sites. The linked site linked to all of them during half of 2002 - eviltoast

In one of the even more absurd cases: According to an AP report (cited in Slashdot), Intentia International has filed criminal charges against Reuters PLC, alleging that the news service illegally obtained an earnings report that the company had not yet released, by guessing the URL at which it had been posted on Intentia’s public web site. Intentia claims that the report was “not available through normal channels,” according to AP. (Also see Financial Times and CNET News.com reports.) DES

  • Aatube@kbin.socialOP
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    1 year ago

    Because the entire thing is companies trying to prohibit people from linking to them which is unenforceable nonsense indeed. The body text is an example. The link shows more examples.