The Terms of Use for the site yobi.tv includes the following (the emphasis is mine):
8. RESTRICTIONS ON USEYou may use this Site only for purposes expressly permitted by this Site. You may not use this Site for any other purpose, including any commercial purpose, without YOBI’s express prior written consent. For example, you may not (and may not authorize any other party to) (i) co-brand this Site, or (ii) frame this Site, or (iii) hyper-link to this Site, without the express prior written permission of an authorized representative of YOBI. For purposes of these Terms of Use, “co-branding” means to display a name, logo, trademark, or other means of attribution or identification of any party in such a manner as is reasonably likely to give a user the impression that such other party has the right to display, publish, or distribute this Site or content accessible within this Site. You agree to cooperate with YOBI in causing any unauthorized co-branding, framing or hyper-linking immediately to cease.
Far be it from me to violate their Terms, which is why the name of their site, above, is not hyperlinked.
I thought this particular idiocy had been eliminated years ago. If you don’t want people to link to you, why the heck are you on the Web at all? I think somebody needs to rein in the lawyers again.
Hahaha, that’s very funny. Especially since Google’s PageRank depends on other prominent sites linking to yours, in order to increase your rank in search results. I have to wonder what other websites have similar terms that are simply ignored both by the company and by the public. And if a company was really serious about no hyperlinking, how in the world would they enforce it?