Inc. The law has decided very little about hyperlinking, so custom and practice is a much better guide for implementers and publishers of hyperlinks. In many cases, it is a good thing, even a valuable thing, to be the target of a hyperlink.
Links are generally beneficial to both linker and linkee.
However, there have been a number of cases in which legal remedies have been sought to remove certain links that the link target found to be objectionable. In other situations, links involve a cost to one of the linking parties, and may become objects of commerce. At the same time, freedom carries responsibilities. Cooperative Linking Let's first consider the case where the link benefits both parties, and thus would not normally be an object of commerce. There are two important objections to this sort of linking, which can often be addressed through the use of common courtesy.