How to deal with bandwidth thief?

07/05/2005 10:12:18 PM · #26

It's funny what you have done. It would be especially funny if it were directed toward a seasoned internet user who was familiar with the ways of the world (Like the woman who pirated Kiwiness's image, for example). However, in trying to be objective, I can remember being of an age (17) and mindset where this particular action would have been purely innocuous.

Honestly, I think your efforts might be wasted on this particular young lady.

You are a suberb photographer and I hope you continue to focus your skills on making beautiful images and not exacting revenge on naive teenagers.

She probably would have learned a lot had you taken the time to inform her about her faux paus. I guess I'll contact her and let her know.

Cheers, and keep up the great photography,
Roxanne

nidan

07/05/2005 10:45:02 PM · #27

that is freaking AWESOME!!!

The_Itinerant

07/05/2005 10:59:12 PM · #28

Originally posted by greatandsmall:

You are a suberb photographer and I hope you continue to focus your skills on making beautiful images and not exacting revenge on naive teenagers.

Is it wrong to have a hobby?

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

07/05/2005 11:08:27 PM · #29

Originally posted by The_Itinerant:

Originally posted by greatandsmall:
You are a suberb photographer and I hope you continue to focus your skills on making beautiful images and not exacting revenge on naive teenagers.

Is it wrong to have a hobby?

Is it wrong to have hopes:)

thefly

Canon EOS-40D

07/05/2005 11:18:38 PM · #30

Did you notice she stole all the other pictures also.

Lee

07/05/2005 11:22:56 PM · #31

I did. That's what leads me to believe she is clueless.

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

07/05/2005 11:25:51 PM · #32

She's just about to get a clue then. :)

07/05/2005 11:33:27 PM · #33

If she ever checks her email. Funny what a small world it is. I just realized that she is from the same town as my husband. Of course he is 20 years her senior and wouldn't dream of stealing bandwidth.

Personally, I would be thrilled if someone thought my crappy images were worth linking to. Anyone?...:)

Message edited by author 2005-07-05 23:35:42.

beckettboots

07/05/2005 11:53:57 PM · #34

Originally posted by greatandsmall:

Personally, I would be thrilled if someone thought my crappy images were worth linking to. Anyone?...:)

I believe the distinction here is not that she was linking to an image, but that she was direct-linking an image from Riot's site onto her site, which is not just taking the photo, but also using bandwidth.

Though we are all capable of going out and taking more extraordinary photos, most of us pay for our hosting and bandwidth and often have caps on it or will be charged for exceeding set limits.

Think of it like wardriving - someone can come and use my wireless acess and that'd be fine if it were my neighbor whom I like, but if a bus full of folks parked outside or a spammer decided to set up a business, that's not cool.

I'm finding bandwidth pirates don't really care so much if my photos are good, they're just looking for shots that illustrate whatever point they're trying to make at the moment.

Message edited by author 2005-07-06 00:19:00.

brianlh

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

07/06/2005 12:09:33 AM · #35

Maybe she just doesn't care.. now she's hotlinking to this picture:
//www.sakurawarsdvd.com/images/flowers-line01.gif

But, I digress.

karmat

Apple iPhone 7

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM

07/06/2005 01:01:08 AM · #36

I like the bandwidth thief background better. It was easier to read.

Art Roflmao

Canon EOS-6D Mark II

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

07/06/2005 01:05:46 AM · #37

I went to burn her village, but was instantly blinded when I reached her website!

Not a total loss though - in my hazy vision, I accidentally torched a Britney Spears fan site. :P

brownt

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM

07/06/2005 02:57:30 AM · #38

If anyone tries to directly link to images on my site they get this :

I've had a few folk doing this over the last year, implemented this and it works a treat.

art-inept

Olympus C-5060WZ

Canon EF 35mm f/2.0

07/06/2005 03:29:27 AM · #39

hey she's not half bad...

oops is this stealing bandwidth? lol

Message edited by author 2005-07-06 03:30:36.

Art Roflmao

Canon EOS-6D Mark II

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

07/06/2005 03:41:55 AM · #40

Originally posted by art-inept:

hey she's not half bad... oops is this stealing bandwidth? lol

LOL - good one! I'm setting a paper weight on my F5 key on my keybord to refresh this page all night! ;-) j/k

art-inept

Olympus C-5060WZ

Canon EF 35mm f/2.0

07/06/2005 03:45:23 AM · #41

Originally posted by greatandsmall:

woahhh big words roxanne, im 16 and i have a maximum 2 syllable vocabulary. even 2 is a stretch, like moun-tain. bah hahah have mercy on us teenagers dpc adult scary photographer people ahh!

brianlh

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

07/06/2005 04:37:18 AM · #42

Originally posted by brownt:

If anyone tries to directly link to images on my site they get this :

I've had a few folk doing this over the last year, implemented this and it works a treat.

Out of curiousity, how do you implement that to display for any external links to images?

brownt

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM

07/06/2005 05:12:50 AM · #43

Originally posted by brianlh:

Originally posted by brownt:
If anyone tries to directly link to images on my site they get this :

I've had a few folk doing this over the last year, implemented this and it works a treat.

Out of curiousity, how do you implement that to display for any external links to images?

It's done in a .htaccess file. There's loads of help around for it (that's if your hosting provider lets you use it)

More info here and more on how to prevent hotlinking here

jaxter

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

Tamron AF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 LD for Canon

07/06/2005 06:10:34 AM · #44

Good job riot! I went to her site this morning and no more dirty thief banner. I guess you got her attention.

brianlh

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

07/06/2005 03:11:22 PM · #45

Originally posted by brownt:

Originally posted by brianlh:
Out of curiousity, how do you implement that to display for any external links to images?

It's done in a .htaccess file. There's loads of help around for it (that's if your hosting provider lets you use it)

More info here and more on how to prevent hotlinking here

Thanks for the info - I'll check them out when I get back home :)

riot

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV

Helios 40-1 85mm f/1.5

09/01/2005 06:28:07 AM · #46

Heh, remember i had this issue a while back? Well, someone else has done it again, also a myspace user, the same image and everything. Have a look :) //www.myspace.com/xxsweetkisses12xx

KiwiChris

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

09/01/2005 08:43:29 AM · #47

Originally posted by riot:

Heh, remember i had this issue a while back? Well, someone else has done it again, also a myspace user, the same image and everything. Have a look :) //www.myspace.com/xxsweetkisses12xx

Subtle... :-).

I must do this for my site, I've noticed folks are hotlinking some of my sports stuff, although they have 'PROOF' an copyright watermarks.. It's the principle of the thing.

riot

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV

Helios 40-1 85mm f/1.5

09/01/2005 09:54:41 AM · #48

Originally posted by KiwiChris:

Originally posted by riot:
Heh, remember i had this issue a while back? Well, someone else has done it again, also a myspace user, the same image and everything. Have a look :) //www.myspace.com/xxsweetkisses12xx

Subtle... :-).

I must do this for my site, I've noticed folks are hotlinking some of my sports stuff, although they have 'PROOF' an copyright watermarks.. It's the principle of the thing.

There's more to it than the principle of the thing, they're using your bandwidth which is not cheap.

theSaj