June 28, 2004

LINKING: Clueless Permission Policy

This weekend, the newsblog Boing Boing pointed out a particularly silly permission policy by FastCompany magazine, which states that users can link to the site "at no charge" once they sign and fax a formal permission agreement.

A number of companies have attempted to institute unenforceable policies like this one, which are generally ridiculed and ignored by the Internet community.

The policy itself is here, under "Web links".

Update June 29: Boing Boing reports that Fast Company's newly revised linking policy is still lacking

Posted by Joanne Tzanis at June 28, 2004 11:38 AM
Comments

Hah :) That's almost as ridiculous a Donald Trump's attempt to copyright the phrase "You're Fired"!

Hasn't FastCompany ever heard of the Paperwork Reduction Act? If people actually took their policy seriously, then there would be an heck of a lot of faxes to sort out!

Talk about amusing! Thanks for sharing. :)

Posted by: John Grillo at July 2, 2004 11:34 AM