[Cboldt]

Good questions. A ban on linking is simply absurd.

I read Jim's request more closely, and probably, more narrowly read, the request is to not do either of the following, where the URL is a CORBIS image:

Type http:/www.somesite.somewhere.com/folder/corbis-image.jpg

Make an href link of the above.

Note that each of those is a reference to an image, not a reference to a page that may or may not have a link to a Corbis-controlled image.

[Sloth]

Yes, but it still requires some magical knowledge of where the 3rd-party site acquired the image. We're only going to know it's from Corbis if it's overtly attributed or if the watermark is still shown.