IP: Efforts to prevent "deep" links

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

>From: "Lore Levitt" <levitt@jhu.edu>
>To: "Dr. David Farber" <farber@cis.upenn.edu>
>Subject: Efforts to prevent "deep" links
>Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 06:34:47 -0400
>
>
>Scott Rosenberg writes today about a continuing effort by some companies
>to prevent deep linking into their web sites. I agree that this would affect
>the very nature of the web if links go only to the top index page.
>
>I've wasted lots of time in the past digging through a web site for an
>article when the previous one only provided a top-level link. Consider how
>much time would be wasted collectively by all Internet users.
>
>The article (deep linked, of course)can be found at:
>
>http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/1999/08/12/deep_links/index.html
>
>Lore