New Orbitz Terms Prohibit Inbound Deep Linking

chekovma writes "Orbitz has announced a new set of Terms and Conditions that take effect March 12th which require anyone who uses their website (creates an account there) to follow strict inbound linking rules. These rules prohibit a user from creating even a plain text link to orbitz.com without first notifying them and require a user to take down such a link at their desire. It also disallows any deep linking -- meaning even this post violates those terms and conditions."

Comments

Nice marketing approach

[Laurentiu]

Well done Orbitz! Way to send your potential new users in the arms of your competitors! I can't wait for the day when you sue Google for breaching your Inbound Links agreement: Linking to any page of the Site other than to the homepage is strictly prohibited in the absence of a separate linking agreement with Orbitz.

There's plenty of similar sites out there, minus the stupid license terms. If this is not /. anti-advertising, I don't know what is.