“Tickets.com won the ruling in a case filed by TicketMaster
that alleged that deep linking should be banned.”
“Deep links… [are those that] bypass the front page of a
website. The problem, webmasters say, is that deep linking
allows viewers to skip over the prime-area advertising that is
typically placed on a website’s start page.”
“This isn’t the first time companies have tried to legally ban
deep linking. In April 1997 TicketMaster filed a lawsuit against
Microsoft to stop MS’ now-defunct Seattle Sidewalk Web from linking
to TicketMaster’s website. … And earlier this year, eBay tried to
stop other auction sites such as AuctionWatch.com from providing
listings and links to items offered for sale on eBay.”