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Question for the lawyers:

How is it illegal to utter the words [XYZ]? A hyperlink is informational gibberish, its not a work of art in any way, not sure it should be copy-rightable (you cant copyright a public street address, for exampl). Its not a trademark (not public mark). Its not a trade-secret (once I know it). Or is it one of these things? Is this TOS some sort of confidentiality agreement?



It sounds like British American Tobacco's ToS is more about hotlinking or embedding. Note this particular portion:

> you may not make any part of the website available as part of another website, whether by hyperlink framing on the Internet or otherwise

By their use of the example of "hyperlink framing," it's obvious they mean you can't embed the site, not that you can't share links.




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