Comments on: Don’t Link To Me Or I’ll Sue You! http://www.netpaths.net/blog/law-forbidding-deeplinking/ Simple Search Engine Optimization Steps Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:45:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: admin http://www.netpaths.net/blog/law-forbidding-deeplinking/comment-page-1/#comment-199 admin Wed, 30 May 2007 02:40:26 +0000 http://www.netpaths.net/blog/law-forbidding-deeplinking/#comment-199 Exactly, and the site owners could have used this simple line (if they use the Apache server) to stop the linkers: RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.site.com/.*$ [NC] RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://site.com$ [NC] RewriteRule .*\.(mp3|mpg|wma|mp4)$ - [F,NC] 3 lines of code could have saved tens of thousands of legal bills, and would have kept them a part of the natural web. Exactly, and the site owners could have used this simple line (if they use the Apache server) to stop the linkers:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.site.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://site.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule .*\.(mp3|mpg|wma|mp4)$ – [F,NC]

3 lines of code could have saved tens of thousands of legal bills, and would have kept them a part of the natural web.

]]> By: Abhilash http://www.netpaths.net/blog/law-forbidding-deeplinking/comment-page-1/#comment-198 Abhilash Tue, 29 May 2007 23:50:16 +0000 http://www.netpaths.net/blog/law-forbidding-deeplinking/#comment-198 It's worth reading the entire post (including the comments) on slashdot. The case in point was about someone linking to an audio file without giving any credit or asking permission. Nonetheless, I really hope that these e-commerce lawyers don't start getting all self-righteous on us... It’s worth reading the entire post (including the comments) on slashdot. The case in point was about someone linking to an audio file without giving any credit or asking permission. Nonetheless, I really hope that these e-commerce lawyers don’t start getting all self-righteous on us…

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