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You May Not Link This Web Site

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the you-can't-make-this-stuff-up dept.

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.

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  1. Ooops by joebp · · Score: 5, Funny
    I just broke their policy.

    Oops I did it again!

    Damnit!

    1. Re:Ooops by BitchAss · · Score: 5, Funny

      Man. These guys are silly.

      The worst part is, I had a job interview with them earlier today.

      I think it went quite well.

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  2. At the recording studio ... by pyramid+termite · · Score: 5, Funny

    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!

  3. HEY!!! I hosted their first web site!!! by JabberWokky · · Score: 5, Funny
    And sat at a desk across from the guy who did their first website! Hehehhehe... That's amusing as all get out. They invested in Florida Internet Corporation, and we handled all of their internet needs early on (1995ish). They wanted to have every TLD for themselves, including all the country codes and .edu and such. It took forever to convince them that that wasn't possible in many cases. The son of the (owner, CEO?), visited all the time, and went to strip clubs every night (The Landing Strip was a favorite, I remember), and rode his motorcycle all over town. I can easily see them doing this.

    Pure arrogance.

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  4. Re:I wonder... by Restil · · Score: 5, Funny

    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

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  5. Re:Ugly Flash by kilgore_47 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I, too, was somehwhat uncertain of KPMG's purpose.

    But after hearing their theme song (mp3 from the wired article) I understand. "KPMG/We're strong as can be/A dream of power and energy/We go for the goal/Together we hold/On to our vision of global strategy..."

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  6. LMAO, The Slashdot Effect! by Tokerat · · Score: 5, Funny
    /.ed! /.ed! /.ed!

    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...

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  7. KPMG - the remixes! by cascino · · Score: 5, Funny

    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?