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Re: Cracking down on unauthorized image links
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lugnet.admin.general
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Sun, 13 Jun 1999 18:13:51 GMT
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Sooo it is a CGI...
All I needed to know...
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Z. Unger
dzz@mindspring.com
ICQ: 14375008
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...fear leads to hate, hate leads to anger, anger leads to suffering...
Z. Unger <dzz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:FD2xI4.6M2@lugnet.com...
> I just want to know what you used on the server to stup the refers...
>
> --
> Z. Unger
> dzz@mindspring.com
> ICQ: 14375008
> =============================================================
> LEGO Fusion : http://lego.virtualave.net/
> Zlatko's Universe : http://www.Geocities.com/TimesSquare/Stadium/9968/
> =============================================================
> ...fear leads to hate, hate leads to anger, anger leads to suffering...
> Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.11bf538494729c9b9899da@lugnet.com...
> >
> > I just happened across a couple unauthorized links from eBay auctions
> > directly to images of sets hosted on the lugnet.com server. What people • are
> > doing is linking from various places (mostly eBay auctions) directly to • the
> > JPEG images. This is a big "no-no": it's against general web • netiquette
> > and it's also something I have always for years advised people against,
> > whenever they have asked, or been caught.
> >
> > In addition to the fact that URLs of the other peoples' images are • always
> > subject to change at any time without notice, it's really unethical to • link
> > directly to other peoples' images without their permission, since they • are
> > stuck with the bill for the bandwidth, yet they receive nothing in • return.
> >
> > Instead of embedding images hosted on other peoples' servers, people • should
> > link to the other peoples' web pages -- or make a local copy of the • image
> > they want (presumably with permission from the copyright owner) and host • it
> > on their own homepage (on geocities or the auction site or wherever). • Note:
> > I don't own the copyright on the LEGO images, so don't ask me for • permission
> > to copy it; use your own judgment as governed by TLG's "Fair Play" • policy.
> >
> > In the past, I knew that this sort of funny-business was happening from • time
> > to time, but I never really paid it much concern because it wasn't • really
> > eating much bandwidth. However, times have changed: I just ran a • script
> to
> > check where things stand today, and here are the results:
> >
> > Over the past 2 weeks, 761 megabytes of JPEG image transfers occurred to
> > off-site pages embedding the images without permission. This is still a
> > long way from representing a "break-the-bank" level of link-piracy, but
> > nevertheless it's beginning to get out-of-hand.
> >
> > The robust, long-term solution is to serve the JPEG images selectively • to
> > on-site pages and reject them to off-site pages, using an Apache • webserver
> > module called "mod_rewrite" and looking at the HTTP referrer field • on-the-
> > fly; or invoking a CGI script whenever an image is requested, and • optionally
> > doing more advanced filtering.
> >
> > The less-robust, short-term solution is simply to rename the image
> > directories, thus breaking all of the bad links. This would certainly • stop
> > the problem, but doing that is like mowing over a weed rather than • digging
> > it up by the roots -- the problem will come right back to full intensity • in
> > a couple weeks.
> >
> > Probably both will happen -- first the short-term solution and later the
> > long-term solution. I'm not going to personally write everyone who's • doing
> > unauthorized linking (I don't think they deserve any warning, anyway); • this
> > message serves as the only "notice" to freeloaders...
> >
> > --Todd
> >
> > [followups set to lugnet.admin.general]
>
>
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| I just want to know what you used on the server to stup the refers... -- Z. Unger dzz@mindspring.com ICQ: 14375008 ===...=== LEGO Fusion : (URL) Universe : (URL) leads to hate, hate leads to anger, anger leads to suffering... Todd Lehman (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jun-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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