This is the subject of the internet mega blog boingboing.net

But its not just Podcasts. The British Metro newspaper’s site has terms of use at http://www.metro.co.uk/terms (its not a link chaps honest!) says “You may not provide a link to this web site from any other web site without first obtaining Associated’s prior written consent.” Yet, if you search via Google or Msn you’ll find them pretty easily. Want to bet that Google etc wrote asking them for permission?

So maybe we should write to all search engines that have the Metro site in their search index and ask those search engines to comply with the terms and remove the Metro’s links? Wouldn’t that be a great idea!

I like the Metro BTW but think they should be a bit better informed about the nature of the web and what links do for websites.