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City Sues To Prevent Linking To Its Website

Posted by kdawson on from the nolo-mi-tangere dept.

Mike writes "In what appears to be a first-of-its-kind case, the Sheboygan city attorney ordered Jennifer Reisinger to remove a link to the city's police department from her Web site. The city went further, she claims, launching a criminal investigation of her for linking to the department on one of her sites, and in response she's suing the mayor and the city. 'The mayor decided to use his office to get back at Jennifer for her efforts in the recall and picked this to do it,' said her attorney, Paul Bucher. It appears this will go to court, and the question will be can a city (or any business or Web property) stop people from posting a link to its site?"

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  1. don't do what? by JLennox · · Score: 5, Funny

    oh, this.

    1. Re:don't do what? by The+Ancients · · Score: 4, Funny

      Have you looked at the code and graphics on that site?

      It should be illegal to link to it.

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    2. Re:don't do what? by Frosty+Piss · · Score: 4, Funny

      Have you looked at the code and graphics on that site? It should be illegal to link to it.

      I wonder why?

      meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 5.0"

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  2. Re:Did the editor read the last paragraph? by theNetImp · · Score: 5, Funny

    oh be quiet you lunatic ;-)

  3. Re:Did the editor read the last paragraph? by Malevolyn · · Score: 4, Funny

    Go eat the earth flag.

    Not the one made out of skin, of course.

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  4. Oye by ohtani · · Score: 5, Funny

    You know a organization knows what they're doing on the web when their landing page is titled NEW PAGE 1 and was made with FrontPage 5.0

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  5. Re:Did the editor read the last paragraph? by Chris+Rhodes · · Score: 4, Funny

    To root your windows box and look for child porn? I jest, it is probably because the tool used to create the flash banner was taught to the graphic designer in his six month course where he/she got a two-year degree in computer science. Way easier than all that markup and JavaScript - I mean, have you ever tried to figure out a heirarchical data structure?

    Sheesh, drag 'n drop is way superior to thinking. Or having to work with one of those icky 'coders' who complains if you change your image dimensions halfway through the project.

    Flash is awesome!

  6. Re:Did the editor read the last paragraph? by oldhack · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...Did the editor even read the summary?

    "editor", eh?! You'll learn soon, grasshopper.

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  7. Re:"nolo mi tangere"? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you are a real Latin grammar nazi, you should chisel the correction on your monitor.

  8. What really worries me by clickclickdrone · · Score: 4, Funny

    The mission statement on the website says:
    We, the men and women of the Sheboygan Police Department, value:
    * Human Life
    * Accountability
    etc.

    Do they *really* need to state they value human life? Is there an assumption that the norm is to not care who dies? What sort of crazy department is that?

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  9. Re:Did the editor read the last paragraph? by Tenebrousedge · · Score: 5, Funny

    That makes you a maverick, not a lunatic.

    You and a hundred fifty million other people.

    Okay, so that was a joke: there aren't a hundred fifty million people that vote in this country.

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  10. Re:sheboyganpolice.com by vidarh · · Score: 4, Funny

    The obvious question is whether you were relieved or disappointed when you realized your mistake.