| Context matters hugely. Here is their full Linking section, which does not include anything from the title: " Periodically, links may be established from this Web Site to one or more external web sites or resources operated by third parties (the "Third Party Sites"). These links are provided for your convenience only. In addition, certain Third Party Sites also may provide links to this Web Site. None of such links should be deemed to imply that Victoria's Secret endorses the Third Party Sites or any content therein. We do not control and are not responsible or liable for any Third Party Sites or any content, advertising, products, or other materials on or available through such Third Party Sites. Access to any Third Party Sites is at your own risk and we will have no liability arising out of or related to such web sites and/or their content or for any damages or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with any purchase, use of or reliance on any such content, goods, or services available on or through any such Third Party Site. " It seems fine to me. The text in the title actually is the following special section: " Special Notice We have a no-tolerance policy regarding the use of our trademarks or names (e.g., of Victoria's Secret, Victoria's Secret Pink, or Pink Nation) in metatags and/or hidden text. Specifically, the use of our trademarks or names in metatag keywords is trademark infringement, and the use of trademarks or names in page text, metatags, and/or hidden text for purposes of gaining higher rankings from search engines is unfair competition. Linking to any web page on this Web site is prohibited absent our express written permission. Associating or juxtaposing our Web site or its Materials (e.g., through framing or inline linking) with advertisements and/or other information not originating from our Web site is expressly prohibited. " This seems quite reasonable to me. Apparently, spammers must be getting their pages higher for searches of Victoria's Secret than the site itself is at. I think the policy is perfectly reasonable in context, and I think anyone reading this knows exactly what VS is talking about. |
That still doesn't seem reasonable to me. Simply making this link: http://www.victoriassecret.com/site-terms-and-notices/ is linking to a web page on that site and I didn't, in fact, get their express written permission. Does that 'prohibition' seem reasonable?