{"id":978,"date":"2005-05-02T16:03:48","date_gmt":"2005-05-02T21:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/?p=978"},"modified":"2011-06-05T19:18:39","modified_gmt":"2011-06-06T00:18:39","slug":"take-that-hotlinkers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/take-that-hotlinkers\/","title":{"rendered":"Take that, Hotlinkers!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear CyberPals,<\/p>\n

In case you’re unaware of my policy regarding graphics and content on my site here it is again:<\/p>\n

TAKE IT!
\nHELP YOURSELF!
\nSTEAL IT… IT’S OK, I’LL MAKE MORE SH!T UP!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Seriously. Hell, I’m flattered! I’ll never embarrass anyone with a silly email threatening to sue someone for taking my “Intellectual Property” (*snort* Sorry. can’t say that word without laughing.) For starters, it’s not worth me paying a lawyer $75 to mail a Cease & Desist letter; retaining that same lawyer when you respond back with a big ol’ “F**K You!!!”; to fly him and myself to your own home state pay even MORE court fees to get you in front of a judge for him to simply ask you to “take it down”. It’s not worth it. Besides, the most popular ones like Angel.jpg<\/a> aren’t even mine to begin with. Just something I liked on the web a few years ago and saved on my server.<\/p>\n

Besides, if you knew me in real life, you’d know I’d give you the last $5 in my pocket if I knew you needed it.<\/p>\n

SAVE IT ON YOUR OWN SERVER!<\/strong>
\nThe only thing I do ask is that you put it up on your server instead of hotlinking off of my site. This website explains Bandwidth Theft better than I can, since some people obviously skipped the class on “Netiquette” when they signed on to the internets.
\n
\nI was hitting the 85% danger zone last week, to which my webhost, Devilish Dave<\/strong>, reminded me my site has “Hotlink Protection”… which is now activated. Now you get a broken image. It could have been replaced a graphic with a middle finger extended and calling you and your mom all sorts of names… but I’m not that kind of guy anymore.<\/p>\n

It’s not to embarrass anyone, I’ve seen my graphics hotlinked all over some really nice blogs and even the not-so-nice Free Republic.Com. If you are incapable of storing images on your blog’s server, there are a ton of places you can use for storage<\/a>.
\n\"Chupacabra\"
\nOver on the right is my pet Chupacabra, Ernie. Bandwidth costs me extra money. When you hotlink, and steal bandwidth, you take food out of his mouth.<\/p>\n

Please don’t hurt Ernie like that.
\nThanks.
\n-=e=-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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