Problems with hot-linking and how to have some fun with it.
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As you know, everybody loves cartoons -- some a bit less, some a bit more. Some love them so much, that whenever they come upon a cartoon they have to post it on another web site, forum, blog, etc... I know I should feel glad when others like my cartoons...but here's the problem:
1. Posting a cartoon on a web site WITHOUT the author's knowledge and agreement is a copyright violation.
2. If the cartoon (or other image) is hot-linked, that becomes a bandwidth theft.
I am sure many people don't know this (not everybody knows what hot-linking is, just ask my wife:-), so I will try to explain:
Submitted by etoon on Wed, 2006-06-07 17:55.
