Website exposes companies with "stupid linking policies". (Internet Law Update).

Professor David Sorkin of the John Marshall Law School in Chicago has developed a Web site that lists the names sites with "stupid linking policies," which the professor defines are "sites that attempt to impose substantial restrictions on other sites that link to them." Sorkin's site is at http://www. dontlink.com. In the aftermath of several court rulings that have upheld the validity of Web site terms and conditions that restrict or ban linking to the Web page, Sorkin built the site as a way to publicly apply pressure to companies with restrictive policies. Sorkin became concerned about the increased use of blanket linking bans in the aftermath of the recent Newsbooster …