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Ganon34 sent us a funny story about a company requiring permission to link their website. The company in question is KPMG, a financial and legal advisory company, and the article itself is an entertaining read about the aftermath of them sending demands that someone remove a link to their public web site. It's a pretty funny piece -- especially the part about KPMG's theme song. Also references the old ticketmaster vs ticet.com case that held up deep linking. It's all funny 'cuz its true.
Their page could also use some testing since it doesn't render in my browser.
That is one horrible flash intro at KPMG. No wonder they want people to get permission to link to it.
--- Think of it as evolution in action ---
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--Chag
Oops I did it again!
Damnit!
Here's the problem (from the source code):
(c) 2000, Razorfish, Inc. all rights reserved.
Learn to write HTML you losers!!!
Moderators need an additional choice: "Karma Whore" for people who cut-and-paste articles as their comments!
Thought experiments for my web hypothetical kpmgsucks.com web site (someone owns it already):
- A link to KPMG that displays only if you're coming in from a kpmg.com (oops!) address. (I'd love to hear the conversation between KPMG and its outside corporate counsel on that one.)
- A link to KPMG that shows up on 0.1% of all page views, randomly.
- A GIF that looks like a blue, underlined link to kpmg.com (oops!)
I wonder if http://www.kpmg.com/?#define%20m(i)(x[i]^s[i+84])y )c+=y=i^i/8^i>>4^i>>12,i=i>>8^y& gt;14,y=a^a*8^a>8^y/n."[k>>4]*2^k*257/8,s [j]=k^(k&k*2&34)*6^c+~y;}} would be an illegal hyperlink... Yep, that's DeCSS...
ok then your [sic] infringing on my copyright! Could you as [sic] me next time before STEALING my comments for your own?
KPMG Morale and Puffery Manager - Alright, guys, that sounds really positive and great, we'll send you the check in the mail.
...
...
...
(leaves, whistling that godawful song)
Producer - Man, I'm glad that's over.
Studio musicians - Yeah, man. Dig it. Lame gig.
Studio owner - I've been listening to these backwards
Producer - Well, I
Studio owner - You've got Price Waterhouse's human resources department's number backward masked on the first verse. I hope they don't find out
Producer - I couldn't resist. Hours and hours of listening to that damn song! I'm only human, damn it!
I bet they even submitted the link themselves ...
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
You're just saying that to to try to get me to have reverse psychology work on me.
ok then your [sic] infringing on my copyright! Could you as [sic] me next time before STEALING my comments for your own?
It's a weird mix of corp-speak and Slashdot grammer.
Pure arrogance.
--
Evan
"$30 for the One True Ring. $10 each additional ring!" -- JRR "Bob" Tolkien
A high GPA after all, is a measure of dedication and perseverance.
Right... A high karma on Slashdot after all, is a measure of dedication and perseverance.
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It may be just me, but I think I have discovered what April Wine is doing these days.
if they have written agreements with Google, Altavista, and the other search engines. If not, perhaps their name should be removed from the engine.
:)
Actually, they don't have to. They DO have a robots.txt file. And in light of the current theme of this article, its rather amusing.
# everyone go away
User-agent: *
Disallow: /
-Restil
Play with my webcams and lights here
-sk
KPMG: Please do not link to our website.
HAH! I wonder if CmdrTaco is going to recieve a cease & desist letter? Watch yo bad self, Rob!
Seriously, the irony here is just to much. How does it affect them in any way except more traffic for their site == more exposure + more banner ad revenue. And unless someone is using KPMG's equipment to host that link, they don't have to agree to jack shit. I propose a new theme song:
K-P-M-G!
We're out of touch with reality!
We have a website we don't want you to see.
If you link to us we're gonna break your knees!
It's all a part of our global stradegy...
CAn'T CompreHend SARcaSm?
In order to do that, they'd have to be competent web developers/admins.
However, they are ... consultants.
Better yet, KPMG theme song remixes!
the jungle remix
the hard-rock remix
There's also a teutonic remix out there somewhere, somebody want to provide a link?
I wouldn't want to be spending $1500/day for some kid straight out of school that has never done anything
You might if she was a cute girl. (I think sending out some ass to the beige halls of the Fortune 500 is the only reason these places stay in business.)
Theme song for a law and finance firm... Did these guys really go to law school or did they just watch a lot of Ally McBeal?
Dear Mr. KPMD:
I heard that your firm had an excellent reputation for financial services, and I wanted to check out your website for specifics. But I can't find a link to it! Could you please write and tell me how to find your website??
Thanks,
Rob
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"And this one (guitar) I've never played. See--it's still got the tags on it"
"Wow, that's something..."
"Don't touch it!"
"I wasn't going to touch it."
"Well don't touch it. Nobody must touch this guitar. In fact, don't even look at it. Turn around."
Sorry. Flashbacks.
"People who do stupid things with hazardous materials often die." -- Jim Davidson on alt.folklore.urban
Their disclaimer http://www.kpmg.com/disclaimer.html says "Based on the fundamental universal condition of the electronic communication process, KPMG does not guarantee or warrant the Site will be uninterrupted". Can anyone say /. effect?
/
I really love their http://www.kpmg.com/robots.txt. it says:
# everyone go away
User-agent: *
Disallow:
-
- - You can't take something off the Internet! That's like trying to take pee out of a swimming pool.
Someone today sent a letter to protonic.com's site support system letting us know that someone he disliked was linking to us, and wanted to know if we really wanted our company's name "associated with people like that." :)
...that McDonald's are planning to sue people who give "unauthorized" directions to their restaunts.