Image Linking Hall of Shame
Image Linking Hall of Shame
This page is a gallery of other pages that link directly to images on this server, stealing bandwidth and often not properly attributing the source of images.
Recently I added copyright notices to all the images in my photo gallery. I also added the image URL to each image, so visitors who see just the image will know where to find the original. I really don't mind other people using my images, but proper attribution is always appreciated.
The data on this page is mostly automatically generated by a Python script which scans my web server logs, and formatted with XSLT.
I got farked! Well, really somebody just posted a link to one of my Tehachapi Loop pictures in a comment to what seems to be a rather popular thread.
There are a multitude of xanga.com users who, either presently or in the past, have linked directly to images on my site. Usually they are background images, which are large and therefore take a lot of bandwidth.
This was the number one worst offender. For about six months, the set of pictures linked from the user's profile page included some of mine. Fortunately, he chose small images, but the number of hits is by far the most I've seen.
This one is an inlined image in a blog (written in an arabic script, probably Farsi). The problem here is the user linked to the full size 1024x768 picture, then scaled down to 400x300. A much better choice would have been to link to one of the pre-scaled images on my site.
This one inlines the full size image with no attempt at scaling. So it forces the user to scroll the page left and right to see the whole thing. What a mess!
At least this guy inlines smaller images. But he claims to own my car, calling it the "most problematic car i have ever owned". Further in the thread another user attempts to catch him in his lie, but the subtlety is too much and nobody seems to notice.
Looks like somebody likes my train pictures. The text says (translated to English): "I found a few spectacular pictures of Tehachapi Pass in California". However, just one of my pictures is inlined, a link to the rest of them would have been appreciated.
This one isn't inlined anymore, but is the target of a "Click here!" link.
The monster firebird is rated "Not Rice"!
This guy uses my car as his Yahoo profile icon. Not only does he link to the full size 1024x768 picture, but it's scaled to an awful 150x150! This destroys the aspect ratio and it looks like a toy car.
My photo is used as the background image on this personal profile page. The new copyright notice adds a nice touch I think.
