Comments on: You need a paper licence to link to the Royal Mail website

By: UK Websites with No Linking Policy

UK Websites with No Linking Policy — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:15:16 +0000

[...] my absolute favourite is………….. The Post Office, yes that’s right, Royal Mail don’t allow you to link to them without……………… get this………….. “a paper [...]

By: The Rot Within :: No Permission, No Link :: June :: 2010

The Rot Within :: No Permission, No Link :: June :: 2010 — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:52:44 +0000

[...] that they have similar clauses banning links or deep links without permission. Malcolm Coles had fun trying to get ‘written permission’ to link to the Royal Mail’s website — [...]

By: Sites that ban you from linking to them. Still. In 2010 » malcolm coles

Sites that ban you from linking to them. Still. In 2010 » malcolm coles — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:34:14 +0000

[...] The Guardian has poked some fun at the Edinburgh Fringe website for banning people linking to it in its terms and conditions. Can sites still be doing this, more than a year after I revealed that most newspapers banned deep links back then, as did brands like Apple, Royal Mail, Channel 4 and, er, the Association of Online Publishers at the time (which culminated in the hilarity of my attempts to get the Royal Mail to post me the paper licence they insisted I needed to link to the...)? [...]

By: Andy @ jordan kicks

Andy @ jordan kicks — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 22:33:42 +0000

I wonder whether a freedom on information request would uncover how many licenses they hold for all those travel insurance links they buy.

By: SASCon 2010 Preview

SASCon 2010 Preview — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:33:16 +0000

[...] Malcolm Coles (@malcolmcoles) Malcolm is a someone I only came to know about fairly recently via Twitter (you know, if you click enough tweets, you’ll find something interesting). His blog is now firmly entrenched in my RSS reader as he covers some interesting topics. I particularly enjoyed his post about linking to Royal Mail. [...]

By: Want To Link To Royal Mail? You Better Not Be In A Hurry | TechDIrt

Want To Link To Royal Mail? You Better Not Be In A Hurry | TechDIrt — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:37:31 +0000

[...] on the Royal Mail website and requested written permission to link to a page. This initiated a bureaucratic farce that lasted for four months with no resolution. To get your licence posted to [...]

By: Fergus

Fergus — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:38:11 +0000

Well, it's a breach of their Terms and Conditions, and apparently 'once the link is on your page it signifies you do agree with our T&Cs'. Similarly, by putting this demand on their page, the Royal Mail have signified that they agree agree to my T&Cs and will therefore buy me a pony. Yay!

By: Fergus

Fergus — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:34:51 +0000

Not at all, redirection is when you take all of somebody's post and send it to a new address. These things cost money! You can see why they wouldn't want to have to do that every time they move a web page!

By: Jason B. Standing

Jason B. Standing — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:57:13 +0000

Wait, so if I want to bookmark the link to print first class postage, I'm in violation of their T&Cs? But only as long as I use that computer... but if I save the link on del.icio.us? I just want to be able to pay for stamps without having to click through 100 screens*, dammit!

(* or having to queue for half an hour at the local Post Office, or negotiate whatever innovative new gee-whiz customer service system they've presently got being trialled there)

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:06:20 +0000

Royal Mail really don't get small businesses. I had a run in with them when I moved, and wanted my Ltd company mail to move with me.

The paper-based form to request company redirectino required two signatures.

I am the sole director and shareholder of my company, as permitted by the Companies Act 2006.

When I pointed this out to them, the redirection centre simply repeated that their process required two signatures.

I actually thought about faking a second signatory!

Incidentally, a friend with a small business recently tried to set up a BT phone line. Apparently the BT small business office won't let you speak to them on the phone - you have to email them!