Comments on: Hotlinking and its discontents http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2008/02/19/hotlinking-and-its-discontents/ concept to publication Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:59:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: blog.rightreading.com » Hotlinking reconsidered http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2008/02/19/hotlinking-and-its-discontents/comment-page-1/#comment-53656 blog.rightreading.com » Hotlinking reconsidered Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:00:49 +0000 http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2008/02/19/hotlinking-and-its-discontents/#comment-53656 [...] It has long been accepted that hotlinking is an evil practice that steals the bandwidth of others. And indeed it is a free bandwidth ride, and one that hardly ever is accompanied by credit for the originator of the image. So there is a kind of malicious satisfaction in changing the hotlinked image to something like, oh … maybe naked David Haselhoff playing with puppies. [...] [...] It has long been accepted that hotlinking is an evil practice that steals the bandwidth of others. And indeed it is a free bandwidth ride, and one that hardly ever is accompanied by credit for the originator of the image. So there is a kind of malicious satisfaction in changing the hotlinked image to something like, oh … maybe naked David Haselhoff playing with puppies. [...]

]]> By: ZYON http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2008/02/19/hotlinking-and-its-discontents/comment-page-1/#comment-35682 ZYON Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:29:53 +0000 http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2008/02/19/hotlinking-and-its-discontents/#comment-35682 Excellent post. Very clear, yet detailed. You touched on cPanel's anti-leaching feature. It is indeed very handy for anyone who can't edit (or is not sure how to edit) their .htaccess file. Excellent post. Very clear, yet detailed. You touched on cPanel’s anti-leaching feature. It is indeed very handy for anyone who can’t edit (or is not sure how to edit) their .htaccess file.

]]> By: xensen http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2008/02/19/hotlinking-and-its-discontents/comment-page-1/#comment-35072 xensen Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:09:55 +0000 http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2008/02/19/hotlinking-and-its-discontents/#comment-35072 Kirk, I can only get this to work universally (except for specified sites exclusions), and not for just one particular site. Here is a <a href="http://perishablepress.com/press/2007/11/21/creating-the-ultimate-htaccess-anti-hotlinking-strategy/" rel="nofollow">very good explanation of using .htaccess to prevent hotlinking</a>. It includes directions for making sure all variants of your own URL and other authorized referrers will be excluded from getting your alternate image (this was perhaps your problem). Kirk, I can only get this to work universally (except for specified sites exclusions), and not for just one particular site.

Here is a very good explanation of using .htaccess to prevent hotlinking. It includes directions for making sure all variants of your own URL and other authorized referrers will be excluded from getting your alternate image (this was perhaps your problem).

]]> By: Kirk M http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2008/02/19/hotlinking-and-its-discontents/comment-page-1/#comment-35065 Kirk M Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:08:37 +0000 http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2008/02/19/hotlinking-and-its-discontents/#comment-35065 Thanks Tom, Much appreciated. Thanks Tom, Much appreciated.

]]> By: xensen http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2008/02/19/hotlinking-and-its-discontents/comment-page-1/#comment-34857 xensen Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:39:49 +0000 http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2008/02/19/hotlinking-and-its-discontents/#comment-34857 Kirk, I'll check this out when I get home. Kirk, I’ll check this out when I get home.

]]> By: Kirk M http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2008/02/19/hotlinking-and-its-discontents/comment-page-1/#comment-34853 Kirk M Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:22:20 +0000 http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2008/02/19/hotlinking-and-its-discontents/#comment-34853 Tom, I tried that .htaccess trick. Unfortunately it removed every image in every post throughout my blog. I double and triple checked the entry you show but the results were always the same. Go figure. Thanks for the info anyway. Do you still use .htaccess to keep other sites from hotlinking images? Tom,

I tried that .htaccess trick. Unfortunately it removed every image in every post throughout my blog. I double and triple checked the entry you show but the results were always the same. Go figure. Thanks for the info anyway. Do you still use .htaccess to keep other sites from hotlinking images?

]]> By: Nancy http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2008/02/19/hotlinking-and-its-discontents/comment-page-1/#comment-34755 Nancy Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:28:41 +0000 http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2008/02/19/hotlinking-and-its-discontents/#comment-34755 OK - I didn't realize the difference, being a painter and not a geek. Thanks for the explanation. OK – I didn’t realize the difference, being a painter and not a geek. Thanks for the explanation.

]]> By: xensen http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2008/02/19/hotlinking-and-its-discontents/comment-page-1/#comment-34742 xensen Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:52:37 +0000 http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2008/02/19/hotlinking-and-its-discontents/#comment-34742 No no, Nancy, that's just <i>linking.</i> It would only hotlinking if you ran some picture on your blog and instead of hosting the image yourself you made the image appear on your site with code like [img src=somebody-else's-website], where you are making somebody else host the image (not a link to the image, but the image itself) that appears on your site. I hope that's clear. I'm afraid I'm not explaining it very well. No no, Nancy, that’s just linking. It would only hotlinking if you ran some picture on your blog and instead of hosting the image yourself you made the image appear on your site with code like [img src=somebody-else's-website], where you are making somebody else host the image (not a link to the image, but the image itself) that appears on your site.

I hope that’s clear. I’m afraid I’m not explaining it very well.

]]> By: Sylvia http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2008/02/19/hotlinking-and-its-discontents/comment-page-1/#comment-34740 Sylvia Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:51:06 +0000 http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2008/02/19/hotlinking-and-its-discontents/#comment-34740 Tom, have you ever had the feeling that some people don't read your blog posts before commenting...? ;) Tom, have you ever had the feeling that some people don’t read your blog posts before commenting…? ;)

]]> By: Nancy http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2008/02/19/hotlinking-and-its-discontents/comment-page-1/#comment-34717 Nancy Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:53:58 +0000 http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2008/02/19/hotlinking-and-its-discontents/#comment-34717 So, if I post a link back to your blog so that you get credit that's due you for an article, etc, I'm hotlinking and it's a no-no? How then do I give the appropriate reference and/or credit to the original article or writer? So, if I post a link back to your blog so that you get credit that’s due you for an article, etc, I’m hotlinking and it’s a no-no? How then do I give the appropriate reference and/or credit to the original article or writer?

]]> By: Sylvia http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2008/02/19/hotlinking-and-its-discontents/comment-page-1/#comment-34709 Sylvia Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:09:57 +0000 http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2008/02/19/hotlinking-and-its-discontents/#comment-34709 Heh. I must remember that Hasselhoff trick. :D Heh. I must remember that Hasselhoff trick. :D

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