But if you put a picture up on the web, on a non-subscription site,

how can you complain if other people like it and link to it?

Posted By: Old Git on October 12th 2009 at 12:04:44

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To all, I've sent sent a e-mail to Ben re. what happened below (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Oct 12, 11:45:13
- Fair enough... (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Oct 12, 11:48:28
- email doomy with a late apology - then conmgratulate him on his promotion... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 12, 11:47:57
- It was an embedded 'No hotlinking' trap. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Oct 12, 11:47:09
  - Never had that happen or heard about them, I wish Ben would delete, I feel really bad (n/m) (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Oct 12, 11:54:39
    - Move on with your life - it's fine. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Oct 12, 11:59:52
      - Thanks for knowing what the hell happened there Malkybarkid (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Oct 12, 12:01:29
        
        I think the site owner is out of order. No need for that. Could of been kids linking to it (General Chat) - jafski, Oct 12, 12:04:32
        
        Was in the Queens, Mason's, Hide Bar and D&P on Saturday - a goodly night. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Oct 12, 12:04:13
        
        That sounds faintly indecent (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 12, 12:05:35
        
        No, it was all very civilised, until right at the end at the D&P. (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Oct 12, 12:09:31
        
        He's loving the Angel inStEds. (General Chat) - jafski, Oct 12, 12:13:13
        
        You say 'brilliant', I say 'why?' (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Oct 12, 12:14:27
        
        You say 'why?' I say come up with a better Bury St Edmunds Pub/Hotel Robbie Williams relat (General Chat) - jafski, Oct 12, 12:17:42
    - Don't feel bad Bum Spread Extravagantly Canary. (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, Oct 12, 11:59:05
      - ^^^ oh yes ^^^ (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 12, 11:59:35
  - really? People do that deliberately to stop people linking to their site or something? (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 12, 11:48:02
    - Sites do it because it's bandwidth theft (General Chat) - pants, Oct 12, 11:53:01
      - Why should a site owner care about people visiting his site? (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 12, 11:59:17
        
        I think it's more to do with unauthorised distribution of content, especially imagery. (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Oct 12, 12:01:51
        
        But if you put a picture up on the web, on a non-subscription site, (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 12, 12:04:44
        
        You can't really, which is why people use 'no hotlinking' traps. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Oct 12, 12:06:24
  - I haven't seen it, but I like the idea. Never seen that before! (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Oct 12, 11:47:32
- Oh well, if you were deceived by some techno trap it could have happened to anyone (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 12, 11:47:09
- so what's on the link? (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 12, 11:46:33
  - Goatse I suspect (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 12, 11:47:47
    - goatse? (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 12, 11:48:43
      - don't GIYLF (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 12, 11:49:57
        
        Just look it up on wiki (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 12, 11:53:24
        
        Yes. Just did. Kind of wished I hadn't done that, too (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 12, 11:54:51
        
        Man oh man (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 12, 11:57:31
        
        there is a small picture of the anus being pulled apart on the Wiki page (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 12, 11:54:15
        
        OK. What is it then? (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 12, 11:52:20
        
        it's an anus being pulled apart (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 12, 11:53:37
  - ............. (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 12, 11:47:05
    - good-oh, glad that's all cleared up then (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 12, 11:49:35

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