Comments on: Avoid hotlinking images with ImgRed http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2007/04/07/avoid-hotlinking-images-with-imgred/ Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:03:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Forrest http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2007/04/07/avoid-hotlinking-images-with-imgred/#comment-509931 Forrest Mon, 16 Apr 2007 08:45:28 +0000 http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2007/04/07/avoid-hotlinking-images-with-imgred/#comment-509931 Oh, I definitely agree there's no malice here. The guy seems to have done something that will help a lot of people on the web, whether they have a site or not. But it's just way too easy for someone who does have malice to fly in under the radar. But then a few of my photos turned up on somebody's myspace page, so I probably have a different opinion than most people. Oh, I definitely agree there's no malice here. The guy seems to have done something that will help a lot of people on the web, whether they have a site or not. But it's just way too easy for someone who does have malice to fly in under the radar. But then a few of my photos turned up on somebody's myspace page, so I probably have a different opinion than most people.

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2007/04/07/avoid-hotlinking-images-with-imgred/#comment-509503 Jennifer Sat, 14 Apr 2007 14:13:15 +0000 http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2007/04/07/avoid-hotlinking-images-with-imgred/#comment-509503 I'd like to think that the original author of ImgRed had no malice intended when he wrote that code. In the FAQ, he/she wrote that they're not making a profit on it - they just run it out of a general need. And as far as someone having a database full of images - Google is sort of doing that <a href="http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=landscape&btnG=Search+Images" rel="nofollow">very thing</a> too (but in Google's case -they definitely have a specific business model). As well, if ImgRed wasn't caching the images, people can still always right-click to download for themselves - so this isn't introducing a new problem. However, I see your point that others can easily abuse it. And for those that don't want their image cached - your code to block imgred is definitely handy! I'd like to think that the original author of ImgRed had no malice intended when he wrote that code. In the FAQ, he/she wrote that they're not making a profit on it - they just run it out of a general need. And as far as someone having a database full of images - Google is sort of doing that very thing too (but in Google's case -they definitely have a specific business model). As well, if ImgRed wasn't caching the images, people can still always right-click to download for themselves - so this isn't introducing a new problem. However, I see your point that others can easily abuse it. And for those that don't want their image cached - your code to block imgred is definitely handy!

]]> By: Forrest http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2007/04/07/avoid-hotlinking-images-with-imgred/#comment-509430 Forrest Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:35:16 +0000 http://www.scriptygoddess.com/archives/2007/04/07/avoid-hotlinking-images-with-imgred/#comment-509430 This is a mixed bag. Certainly helpful for people who participate in a lot of forums and blogs, but for photographers and site owners, this is bad. ImgRed doesn't explain their business model ( how they're going to pay for their servers and bandwidth + make a profit ), or what they'll do with all the images they're going to accumulate on their servers. In fact, they don't even publish contact info or a way for people to opt-out of their service. A little concerned over all this, I figured out how to ban imgred from my site, and wrote an article for others who might want to opt-out: http://forrestcroce.com/Articles/Protecting-Digital-Images.html This is a mixed bag. Certainly helpful for people who participate in a lot of forums and blogs, but for photographers and site owners, this is bad. ImgRed doesn't explain their business model ( how they're going to pay for their servers and bandwidth + make a profit ), or what they'll do with all the images they're going to accumulate on their servers. In fact, they don't even publish contact info or a way for people to opt-out of their service.

A little concerned over all this, I figured out how to ban imgred from my site, and wrote an article for others who might want to opt-out: http://forrestcroce.com/Articles/Protecting-Digital-Images.html

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