Harry Maugans discovered that Verizon thinks it can stipulate how you link to their website.

Verizon tries to tell you can only link to its front page, and you can’t link if you say mean things about them. They also think they can specify how the link is formatted, and that you can’t hyperlink an image to their website.

“IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE WEBSITE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, THEN YOU MAY NOT USE THIS SITE,” says the top of the website terms and conditions.

Uh oh, we’re about to link to a page within the site itself, here it comes… — BEN POPKEN

Website Use Terms and Conditions [VerizonWireless via Harry Maugans]
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