If the below message is accurate, it's part of a disturbing trend that I've been chronicling for a while. The Better Business Bureau appears to be acting like a bully, and not a particularly bright one at that. Everyone from news organizations to search engines relies on unapproved linking to inform their audience and stay in business. Critics use links to identify companies or groups that should be the target of boycotts.
Companies link to competitors, customers, and suppliers.
Trying to claim copyright in your URL shows not just a lack of legal clue, but an absence of Net-savvy. Presumably that would apply to URLs as well. I invite the BBB to clarify its position. BBB attempts to cut links Declan Thought the following might be of interest. On an unrelated but amusing side-note.