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SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
edited February 2011 in Ten Forward
Photos, pics, whatever...

A lot of websites don't like this. People link up their photos and eat up their bandwidth. Then they make a big deal sometimes about people "stealing" their photos and linking them without permission onto other websites (like this one :) ).

I think it's stupid. And by "it" I mean complaining about it. As someone who's a web designer I figure it's just a fact of the internet. There's nothing unethical about linking something you find in a public place (the internet) somewhere else as long as you don't take credit for it, aren't purposefully killing their bandwidth and it's not something like a Comic book which is out there for the money (stealing)!

A lot of websites try to protect from it and largely fail. I say stop trying. If it's online it's fair game. :)
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    Yousa talking about everyone linking to pictures on Ex Astris Scientia?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    Not specifically but it's a good example.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    I personally try not to. If I'm linking a picture, it's either one of my own creation or hosted with permission from the original author, and it's in my Photobucket album.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    if you mean do i go onto google and type a name in, then link the first picture i see then yes i do.

    if people dont like it they should not leave their pictures all over my internet connection.:rolleyes:
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    I'm with Revo on this one. I take no credit for what's in the photo and it illustrates or underscores my point. It's like making a collage for a social studies class in high school. Besides they should be happy for the increased awareness of their material or product. At least that is the way I see it.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    It's against forum rules to deeplink images without hte user permission.

    However, most of said images are extremely hard to find on the page their embedded in....
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    MGDawson wrote: »
    It's against forum rules to deeplink images without hte user permission.

    However, most of said images are extremely hard to find on the page their embedded in....

    Deep link? Now there is some lexicon I am unfamiliar with. I use FireFox so I can right click the image and select "View Image" to only post the image. If that is a foul I would like to know. :confused:
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    The only link for photos is the one in my Signature and i tool them from my home in Sydney, and BTW plase leave comments, as i take good quality photos ill post them :P :) :P :) and BTW its blooming hard they move like lightning, so i can waste 50 minutes in a set up, on other days they lounge around and i can get easily a few dozen shots but only worth to them is the memories of the green army.


    please enjoy my work :)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    piwright42 wrote: »
    Deep link? Now there is some lexicon I am unfamiliar with. I use FireFox so I can right click the image and select "View Image" to only post the image. If that is a foul I would like to know. :confused:

    I use firefox too, so you can simply right click the image and click "copy image location". Dummy. :p

    "Deep Link" means you're imbedding the image without linking the site (i.e. bypassing the page it's on)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    If they don't want it hotlinked, the web designer can make it so it doesn't.
    Usually that doesn't stop copying and pasting the URL, but it will prevent image hotlinking (and is amusing because for the person doing the linking, the image is still cached so they have no idea that everyone else is seeing the "stop being a cheap *******" gif that the originating website has set up for hotlinks.

    At the same token, the idea of "if it's online it's fair game" is flawed, because that will only encourage people to not put things online. And then where would you be? Sad and unable to view images, that's where.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    MGDawson wrote: »
    I use firefox too, so you can simply right click the image and click "copy image location". Dummy. :p

    "Deep Link" means you're imbedding the image without linking the site (i.e. bypassing the page it's on)

    Ima bad boy. Go ahead and skip to the seven second mark.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    Sometimes, if I don't think it's going to be seen a lot/suck a lot of bandwidth. If I do, I grab it and host it myself (at photobucket).
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    HF_Mudd wrote:
    Sometimes, if I don't think it's going to be seen a lot/suck a lot of bandwidth. If I do, I grab it and host it myself (at photobucket).
    Well, oddly enough, surely if you're linking the image, surely that means that your not having to download the whole webpage? I.E. LESS bandwidth?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    Personally I find it strange that people would put up a picture because (presumably) they want everyone to see it and then complain that their bandwidth is being taken up by people viewing it.:confused:

    If I link to a picture on a site, I am linking to the picture and not downloading it to use myself. In effect, I am keeping to copyright laws by not stealing the picture and putting it on Imageshack or whatever. Anyone who complains about that should stay away from anything considered public domain like the internet. It's like putting a picture on your shop window in the high street and then complaining that people are stopping to look at it and causing congestion on the sidewalk.

    If I see a funny or relevant picture on your site, the link I put is still to your site. If anyone viewing becomes interested, they can erase the tree and load the index page of your site. If you are selling stuff, you got a free advert for your site from me, what's your problem? If you are really paranoid, you can always put a discrete url on the picture so anyone viewing it will see where it's from.
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