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Post by Kelvin on Nov 25, 2006 22:22:48 GMT -5
Ok, so I was a little upset last week when I pulled up my statistics page for my site. I went down to where people direct link, and man did I find a bunch. People direct linking videos, pictures, songs, all sorts of files from my site. Some people even had the nerve to claim the videos as their own and asked people to give them credit if they wished to use their "high quality" videos in a music video. I created a blacklist page for these jerks, and hopefully it will teach them and other people a lesson in stealing. I don't ask for much, but I wish people would respect the fact I pay almost $500 a year to keep this site alive, and it doesn't help when I see people leeching 50gb of bandwith a month from my site without proper credit, permission, etc... Ok now that I've vented a bit more, I feel better, lol  Does anyone else have websites where they have experienced this, or knows anyone who has. I have prevented direct linking on my site by doing an http referer. I've also replaced a couple pics with pics saying they are stealing, but not sure if I really want to change all the images being taken from my site, lol. Kevin |
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precious
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Post by precious on Nov 26, 2006 17:37:36 GMT -5
Wow, I didn't know the morons had a name. Leeches...its a good name too. I think this happened to Betty Ann one time..man, she mad with a capital M.
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Blackberry
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Post by Blackberry on Nov 26, 2006 18:22:32 GMT -5
Considering I have so many fans with websites, they've all told me how people keep eating up their bandwith, and I can see why they want them to just lay off and be patient.
"Leeches", a most excellent word for them xD.
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D'lo
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Post by D'lo on Nov 27, 2006 21:43:51 GMT -5
I will admit that I did it once, but that was me being an amateur. Now that I'm better, I've started experiencing people direct linking images from my site. I can see the negativity of it all now that I'm on the targeted side. |
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Post by Kelvin on Nov 28, 2006 1:14:05 GMT -5
Aww, at least you're honest. Most people deny it like crazy. When I first found out I was being eaten alive by these people, I got really upset and replaced some of my images with really bad images....But then I remembered that some of these people are kids and don't really understand directlinking, and they really shouldn't be uhhh viewing those type of bad images so I replaced them with an image saying they were stealing and direct linking. Now I can sleep at night, lol.
Kevin
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D'lo
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Post by D'lo on Nov 28, 2006 8:51:15 GMT -5
lol
Yes. Some don't even stop to think that.
What kind of images did you put up, anyway?
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lol
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Post by Kelvin on Nov 29, 2006 15:26:07 GMT -5
Hmmm... Let's just say it was an 18+ image.... ^^;
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SM - KingdomMoon
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Post by SM - KingdomMoon on Jun 25, 2007 5:08:45 GMT -5
I don't own a website, but my friend does and I need to hear every bloody single day about this, so I really understand how you feel and everyone else feels about this leeching nuts. Now that's naughty to do, put up an 18+ image if somone was directlinking ;D ( well, I'd have put up something really disgusting pictures, no matter who would have seen it  ) |
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Post by thesmallkitty on Jun 25, 2007 16:24:54 GMT -5
The worst part about hot linking/direct linking/etc is, if the person pays for the bandwidth usage.
The stolen bandwidth comes out of their pocket. Or worst case could be your host could shut you down if you use up too much bandwidth.
So that's why a lot of of host do nasty things to stealers. I agree putting up a nasty image sounds like something I would do. heh
But a lot of people don't understand what they are doing is wrong.
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moon4eva
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Post by moon4eva on Aug 27, 2007 12:58:58 GMT -5
yea nasty images scare them anyway..lol thatll teach them n if they dont like it s*d off lol
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