Comments on: How I stopped a bandwidth thief

By: 4little1s

4little1s — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:01:50 +0000

Yeah just discovered we had this issue with one of our pictures and someone else pinching it and saping our bandwith.

By: PowerSellerNYC

PowerSellerNYC — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:42:09 +0000

this is so funny, I might consider doing this to people who try to link to images on my site. I get them from Google, so can everyone else..

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By: swollenpickles

swollenpickles — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:58:20 +0000

Elisa – If someone wants to use an image they could download it, and place it on their own server, and credit the source if appropriate. Use the image if you want, but just don’t hotlink it, host it from your own server.

It’s not an issue of using images, its an issue of someone using up bandwidth that I’m paying for.

By: Elisa

Elisa — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:04:05 +0000

So, if someone were to ask for permission, you’d say yes, despite the loss of about 1mb? I would like to be able to put 100% original content up when seeking out pics or something that adds some spice, yet find that it is nearly impossible as I am not a pro-photographer/artist/have access to fab programs to create pics, etc. So, if I want to add something cool, I seek out the internet’s help.

I would like to think that people find it flattering at least in some way that I would use a pic that they took amongst the many others. Nonetheless, I had no idea this meant slowing down bandwidth access. Where is the happy medium?

By: David Rader

David Rader — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:54:50 +0000

I couldn’t believe I hadn’t commented on this article… I was just looking at your highest rated posts and found this beauty. This article is how I found your website, through a search on google images… i thought it was so hilarious i clicked on it… well now it’s got an additional 5 star rating!

By: James

James — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 06:50:28 +0000

I adopted a slightly different approach although it is slightly more “manual”. Basically, I give a 403 (access denied) response to requests that come from domains I have detected as in-line linkers or hitting me with referrer spam. The write-up for Apache is here (shameless plug…sorry):
http://gray.net.au/article.php?story=20050218124509838

I like your method with the balls image – that is too funny! Kudos to your admin l33t-ness

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By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 13:22:28 +0000

awesome cal dude, i must read your blog more often! bandwith theives sometimes drain my BW big time, if they link on forums and stuff then it can get major traffic