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[Jon Gerow]

Over at Badcaps one must register to view attachments and no free email service for registration, just like AnandTech. I do believe hot linking is blocked also.

Here in the forums, you do have to be registered to view attachments.

We're talking about the ones out on the site like in the review section.

[SKYMTL]

I agree, I have also seen images from here directly hotlinked.

I'm guilty of using some of the images but I give credit to jonnyguru and a host them myself so I don't take bandwidth from this site.

[Kab]

What about a script that brings up an unpleasent image if it's hotlinked?

goats anyone?

Apache server needed

We need a watermark for our review images so that if they do get deeplinked it'll be readily apparent to the forum mods if they'll look at the image source.

Watermarking usually needs the pictures to be taken off the servers and put on your own, (so whoever hotlinked already sees blanks ) to go through a quite lengthy initial process of editing. After that its easier to maintain.

Mods on most sites I don't reckon care about whether the pics are hotlinked or not. I've had a go at one to many for now and most have been too thickskulled Worst case was when 5 guys had some of your site pic URLs in their sig.

[Jon Gerow]

Apache server needed

It is Apache.

Proof?

Look at the screenshot again.

[Spectre]

That's not good. I need to fix that.

Xbit once had horseporn on thier frontpage for ~6 hours in ~2000 because they hotlinked images from another famous site. Haven't seen any since so I guess it worked.

[Kab]

Ye Jon you're right. I was confused as the last time it also stated Apache while you stated you hadn't moved over yet IIRC

Time for those scripts then! I've seen one directed to pic where its a donkey bearing a gouging grin saying:
"Oops! Bad luck mate. Try opening your ears next time.. HOTLINKING IS ILLEGAL!"