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Picture Poachers

Okay, so the great guys that host my site have setup this WAY cool stats package that shows me all sorts of stuff. So when you visit me I can see who hosts you, what OS you use, where you came from, etc. But another interesting thing, is it shows me who has linked to ANYTHING off my site. I’ve noticed that a couple you your really like the Dancing Spidey pic. Now while I did not create it and take no claim for creating it (it was emailed to me from a co-worker), it seems in bad taste to link directly to the pic from my site and then NOT give me credit for hosting it. I would appreciate it, if you would like someone to see the picture or anything else off this site, to send them directly here and not link to pictures and such. Basically I don’t care if you use the picture, just don’t expect me to host it for you. Find your own server… please.
NOTE: THIS IS A WARNING.
Now think about what you are doing. You are linking to a picture you assume will stay where it is, and stay the same thing as you originally thought it would be… are you catching my drift? No? Okay, let me spell it out for you. Those offending people (and you know who you are) only have a couple days to correct the situation. Otherwise you may find the picture you think you are linking to isn’t what you thought it was. Am I mean? Maybe, but it kinda chaps my hide that people expect me to host pictures for them to post on other people’s site without even giving a site mention. The least they could do is say “hey I found this picture on www.eddiecanuck.com”.
Anyway, fun may ensue, stay tuned.

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  1. Hey, This is trevor from Forums.madprofile.com haha A user of my forums had linked to your image. And i was not aware it was. It turns out just a second ago i noticed that his avatar had changed from a nice dancing spider to something… umm… “diffrent”. haha so i had to log in as admin and remove it from his profile. I am sorry for any damages/charges my users have made. And also i have contacted my user and told him to find a new one and upload it to my site instead of linking.

    Great alternitive picture, Trevor
    Admin of forums.madprofile.com

    Comment by Trevor — 2/13/2004 @ 2:44 pm

  2. Thanks for the understanding. Like I mentioned, I don’t care if the picture is downloaded, I don’t own it, just trying to keep my bandwidth use to a reasonable level. Believe me it wasn’t just him using it.
    And yeah, I was kinda in a mood and it struck me as funny. :)

    Comment by Eddie — 2/13/2004 @ 3:01 pm

  3. Now how damn cool is that?!?

    Good Admin! Get biscut!!

    Comment by bio — 2/13/2004 @ 4:05 pm

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