Post #175771 by atomictonytiki on Sat, Jul 30, 2005 5:07 AM

On 2005-07-30 02:42, hanford_lemoore wrote:
I'm just talking about the issue of linking (using the [img] tag) to images on other websites without asking for permission.

I always thought the wonderful thing about the WWW was the ability to link across the globe like a wonderful Jewelled web of knowledge (but obviously that was before people would be slashdotted to death), i think its just a case of manners, if your going to link to an external picture ask permission or knick it and stick it on your own web server (remember to credit the original)and take the bandwidth hit and in the case of eBay pictures instead of posting a link to the image put up the eBay link so the seller gets increased traffic and possibly an extra sale.

The problem with linking to an external picture is that the "owner" can change the image, like when this emo-kid linked to one of the backgrounds i gave away free on my website and didn't credit me, so i changed it from a cute skull to black tile saying "F-ck Emo-kids".