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The Pan Am Games Tried To Stop People From Linking To Its Website

BuzzFeed | July 13, 2015

Related Topics: Toronto Organizing Committee for the 2015 Pan and Parapan American Games, Pan American Games, Toronto, Brand, The Register

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2. A paragraph in the Pan Am website’s terms of use forbid linking to it without written consent from game organizers.

Pan Am / Via toronto2015.org

Pan Am / Via toronto2015.org

3. Which is about as unenforceable as it sounds.

Which is about as unenforceable as it sounds.
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The Register, a UK tech news site, noticed the linking rule amid the “incomprehensible legalese” and concluded that “Toronto2015.

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