Image hotlinking on LJ and how to defeat it

[calime]

Go check out what Elke has to say here about a LJ comm that runs a script to scrape off all images recently posted and HOTLINKS to them. Also, how to avoid the damn thing!

Comments

[rasmizar.livejournal.com]

*flabbergasted* Oh, I didn't know about this. Thanks for the heads-up!
(so, hotlinking is no stealing because they only show images that have been posted to the internet already? Huh?)

[elistaire.livejournal.com]

Whoa. Thanks for the info!

[holde-maid.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Cali!

[lapetite-kiki.livejournal.com]

Did you still want my Duncan/Methos' icon?

[calime]

I'd be grateful, yes. I'm sorry for not replying sooner - I was away from home and just got back, and the RL has been rather overpowering.

[lapetite-kiki.livejournal.com]

A thrid person wanted to use the icon that is why I checked to be sure that you still wanted it. But it's officially yours now! :-)

Like I said you can modify it as you wish by adding text, border, brushes, take a different crop of the manip...