In the quest to help bloggers locate interesting content to include in their posts, a new company Lizzer has risen to create a service that manages to do more harm than good, causing users to unwittingly hotlink images and infringe copyright.
Tag Archive: hotlinking
Why I Embed My Images
I pay good money for my hosting and enjoy rock-solid service (well, semi-solid at least) from a reliable hosting company. Despite running several domains, I am nowhere near my bandwidth limit for my account and am in no danger of going over my allotted 1 TB of bandwidth. I could probably host all of my…
Flickr Misses an Opportunity
Yesterday, Yahoo!’s photo-sharing service Flickr announced that they were now offering their pro users advanced statistics to help them track their photos. The announcement has been largely well-received and the addition of statistics was one of the most-requested features according to Flickr. However, those who are interested in using the new tool to track where…
CAPTCHAs and the DMCA
Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…
Using .htaccess to Stop Content Theft
Having control over your own server can be a very powerful thing. It enables you to control who can access your site, how they visit it and what they can see. Generally, however, that power is best left unused. For the most part, restricting people’s access to your site is a bad move. Though you…
Tag Archive: hotlinking
Lizzer: A Copyright/Hotlinking Disaster
In the quest to help bloggers locate interesting content to include in their posts, a new company Lizzer has risen to create a service that manages to do more harm than good, causing users to unwittingly hotlink images and infringe copyright.
Why I Embed My Images
I pay good money for my hosting and enjoy rock-solid service (well, semi-solid at least) from a reliable hosting company. Despite running several domains, I am nowhere near my bandwidth limit for my account and am in no danger of going over my allotted 1 TB of bandwidth. I could probably host all of my…
Flickr Misses an Opportunity
Yesterday, Yahoo!’s photo-sharing service Flickr announced that they were now offering their pro users advanced statistics to help them track their photos. The announcement has been largely well-received and the addition of statistics was one of the most-requested features according to Flickr. However, those who are interested in using the new tool to track where…
CAPTCHAs and the DMCA
Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…
Using .htaccess to Stop Content Theft
Having control over your own server can be a very powerful thing. It enables you to control who can access your site, how they visit it and what they can see. Generally, however, that power is best left unused. For the most part, restricting people’s access to your site is a bad move. Though you…
Tag Archive: hotlinking
Lizzer: A Copyright/Hotlinking Disaster
In the quest to help bloggers locate interesting content to include in their posts, a new company Lizzer has risen to create a service that manages to do more harm than good, causing users to unwittingly hotlink images and infringe copyright.
Why I Embed My Images
I pay good money for my hosting and enjoy rock-solid service (well, semi-solid at least) from a reliable hosting company. Despite running several domains, I am nowhere near my bandwidth limit for my account and am in no danger of going over my allotted 1 TB of bandwidth. I could probably host all of my…
Flickr Misses an Opportunity
Yesterday, Yahoo!’s photo-sharing service Flickr announced that they were now offering their pro users advanced statistics to help them track their photos. The announcement has been largely well-received and the addition of statistics was one of the most-requested features according to Flickr. However, those who are interested in using the new tool to track where…
CAPTCHAs and the DMCA
Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…
Using .htaccess to Stop Content Theft
Having control over your own server can be a very powerful thing. It enables you to control who can access your site, how they visit it and what they can see. Generally, however, that power is best left unused. For the most part, restricting people’s access to your site is a bad move. Though you…
Tag Archive: hotlinking
Lizzer: A Copyright/Hotlinking Disaster
In the quest to help bloggers locate interesting content to include in their posts, a new company Lizzer has risen to create a service that manages to do more harm than good, causing users to unwittingly hotlink images and infringe copyright.
Why I Embed My Images
I pay good money for my hosting and enjoy rock-solid service (well, semi-solid at least) from a reliable hosting company. Despite running several domains, I am nowhere near my bandwidth limit for my account and am in no danger of going over my allotted 1 TB of bandwidth. I could probably host all of my…
Flickr Misses an Opportunity
Yesterday, Yahoo!’s photo-sharing service Flickr announced that they were now offering their pro users advanced statistics to help them track their photos. The announcement has been largely well-received and the addition of statistics was one of the most-requested features according to Flickr. However, those who are interested in using the new tool to track where…
CAPTCHAs and the DMCA
Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…
Using .htaccess to Stop Content Theft
Having control over your own server can be a very powerful thing. It enables you to control who can access your site, how they visit it and what they can see. Generally, however, that power is best left unused. For the most part, restricting people’s access to your site is a bad move. Though you…
Tag Archive: hotlinking
Lizzer: A Copyright/Hotlinking Disaster
In the quest to help bloggers locate interesting content to include in their posts, a new company Lizzer has risen to create a service that manages to do more harm than good, causing users to unwittingly hotlink images and infringe copyright.
Why I Embed My Images
I pay good money for my hosting and enjoy rock-solid service (well, semi-solid at least) from a reliable hosting company. Despite running several domains, I am nowhere near my bandwidth limit for my account and am in no danger of going over my allotted 1 TB of bandwidth. I could probably host all of my…
Flickr Misses an Opportunity
Yesterday, Yahoo!’s photo-sharing service Flickr announced that they were now offering their pro users advanced statistics to help them track their photos. The announcement has been largely well-received and the addition of statistics was one of the most-requested features according to Flickr. However, those who are interested in using the new tool to track where…
CAPTCHAs and the DMCA
Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…
Using .htaccess to Stop Content Theft
Having control over your own server can be a very powerful thing. It enables you to control who can access your site, how they visit it and what they can see. Generally, however, that power is best left unused. For the most part, restricting people’s access to your site is a bad move. Though you…
Tag Archive: hotlinking
Lizzer: A Copyright/Hotlinking Disaster
In the quest to help bloggers locate interesting content to include in their posts, a new company Lizzer has risen to create a service that manages to do more harm than good, causing users to unwittingly hotlink images and infringe copyright.
Why I Embed My Images
I pay good money for my hosting and enjoy rock-solid service (well, semi-solid at least) from a reliable hosting company. Despite running several domains, I am nowhere near my bandwidth limit for my account and am in no danger of going over my allotted 1 TB of bandwidth. I could probably host all of my…
Flickr Misses an Opportunity
Yesterday, Yahoo!’s photo-sharing service Flickr announced that they were now offering their pro users advanced statistics to help them track their photos. The announcement has been largely well-received and the addition of statistics was one of the most-requested features according to Flickr. However, those who are interested in using the new tool to track where…
CAPTCHAs and the DMCA
Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…
Using .htaccess to Stop Content Theft
Having control over your own server can be a very powerful thing. It enables you to control who can access your site, how they visit it and what they can see. Generally, however, that power is best left unused. For the most part, restricting people’s access to your site is a bad move. Though you…
Tag Archive: hotlinking
Lizzer: A Copyright/Hotlinking Disaster
In the quest to help bloggers locate interesting content to include in their posts, a new company Lizzer has risen to create a service that manages to do more harm than good, causing users to unwittingly hotlink images and infringe copyright.
Why I Embed My Images
I pay good money for my hosting and enjoy rock-solid service (well, semi-solid at least) from a reliable hosting company. Despite running several domains, I am nowhere near my bandwidth limit for my account and am in no danger of going over my allotted 1 TB of bandwidth. I could probably host all of my…
Flickr Misses an Opportunity
Yesterday, Yahoo!’s photo-sharing service Flickr announced that they were now offering their pro users advanced statistics to help them track their photos. The announcement has been largely well-received and the addition of statistics was one of the most-requested features according to Flickr. However, those who are interested in using the new tool to track where…
CAPTCHAs and the DMCA
Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…
Using .htaccess to Stop Content Theft
Having control over your own server can be a very powerful thing. It enables you to control who can access your site, how they visit it and what they can see. Generally, however, that power is best left unused. For the most part, restricting people’s access to your site is a bad move. Though you…
Tag Archive: hotlinking
Lizzer: A Copyright/Hotlinking Disaster
In the quest to help bloggers locate interesting content to include in their posts, a new company Lizzer has risen to create a service that manages to do more harm than good, causing users to unwittingly hotlink images and infringe copyright.
Why I Embed My Images
I pay good money for my hosting and enjoy rock-solid service (well, semi-solid at least) from a reliable hosting company. Despite running several domains, I am nowhere near my bandwidth limit for my account and am in no danger of going over my allotted 1 TB of bandwidth. I could probably host all of my…
Flickr Misses an Opportunity
Yesterday, Yahoo!’s photo-sharing service Flickr announced that they were now offering their pro users advanced statistics to help them track their photos. The announcement has been largely well-received and the addition of statistics was one of the most-requested features according to Flickr. However, those who are interested in using the new tool to track where…
CAPTCHAs and the DMCA
Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…
Using .htaccess to Stop Content Theft
Having control over your own server can be a very powerful thing. It enables you to control who can access your site, how they visit it and what they can see. Generally, however, that power is best left unused. For the most part, restricting people’s access to your site is a bad move. Though you…
Tag Archive: hotlinking
Lizzer: A Copyright/Hotlinking Disaster
In the quest to help bloggers locate interesting content to include in their posts, a new company Lizzer has risen to create a service that manages to do more harm than good, causing users to unwittingly hotlink images and infringe copyright.
Why I Embed My Images
I pay good money for my hosting and enjoy rock-solid service (well, semi-solid at least) from a reliable hosting company. Despite running several domains, I am nowhere near my bandwidth limit for my account and am in no danger of going over my allotted 1 TB of bandwidth. I could probably host all of my…
Flickr Misses an Opportunity
Yesterday, Yahoo!’s photo-sharing service Flickr announced that they were now offering their pro users advanced statistics to help them track their photos. The announcement has been largely well-received and the addition of statistics was one of the most-requested features according to Flickr. However, those who are interested in using the new tool to track where…
CAPTCHAs and the DMCA
Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…
Using .htaccess to Stop Content Theft
Having control over your own server can be a very powerful thing. It enables you to control who can access your site, how they visit it and what they can see. Generally, however, that power is best left unused. For the most part, restricting people’s access to your site is a bad move. Though you…
Tag Archive: hotlinking
Lizzer: A Copyright/Hotlinking Disaster
In the quest to help bloggers locate interesting content to include in their posts, a new company Lizzer has risen to create a service that manages to do more harm than good, causing users to unwittingly hotlink images and infringe copyright.
Why I Embed My Images
I pay good money for my hosting and enjoy rock-solid service (well, semi-solid at least) from a reliable hosting company. Despite running several domains, I am nowhere near my bandwidth limit for my account and am in no danger of going over my allotted 1 TB of bandwidth. I could probably host all of my…
Flickr Misses an Opportunity
Yesterday, Yahoo!’s photo-sharing service Flickr announced that they were now offering their pro users advanced statistics to help them track their photos. The announcement has been largely well-received and the addition of statistics was one of the most-requested features according to Flickr. However, those who are interested in using the new tool to track where…
CAPTCHAs and the DMCA
Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…
Using .htaccess to Stop Content Theft
Having control over your own server can be a very powerful thing. It enables you to control who can access your site, how they visit it and what they can see. Generally, however, that power is best left unused. For the most part, restricting people’s access to your site is a bad move. Though you…
Tag Archive: hotlinking
Lizzer: A Copyright/Hotlinking Disaster
In the quest to help bloggers locate interesting content to include in their posts, a new company Lizzer has risen to create a service that manages to do more harm than good, causing users to unwittingly hotlink images and infringe copyright.
Why I Embed My Images
I pay good money for my hosting and enjoy rock-solid service (well, semi-solid at least) from a reliable hosting company. Despite running several domains, I am nowhere near my bandwidth limit for my account and am in no danger of going over my allotted 1 TB of bandwidth. I could probably host all of my…
Flickr Misses an Opportunity
Yesterday, Yahoo!’s photo-sharing service Flickr announced that they were now offering their pro users advanced statistics to help them track their photos. The announcement has been largely well-received and the addition of statistics was one of the most-requested features according to Flickr. However, those who are interested in using the new tool to track where…
CAPTCHAs and the DMCA
Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…
Using .htaccess to Stop Content Theft
Having control over your own server can be a very powerful thing. It enables you to control who can access your site, how they visit it and what they can see. Generally, however, that power is best left unused. For the most part, restricting people’s access to your site is a bad move. Though you…
Tag Archive: hotlinking
Lizzer: A Copyright/Hotlinking Disaster
In the quest to help bloggers locate interesting content to include in their posts, a new company Lizzer has risen to create a service that manages to do more harm than good, causing users to unwittingly hotlink images and infringe copyright.
Why I Embed My Images
I pay good money for my hosting and enjoy rock-solid service (well, semi-solid at least) from a reliable hosting company. Despite running several domains, I am nowhere near my bandwidth limit for my account and am in no danger of going over my allotted 1 TB of bandwidth. I could probably host all of my…
Flickr Misses an Opportunity
Yesterday, Yahoo!’s photo-sharing service Flickr announced that they were now offering their pro users advanced statistics to help them track their photos. The announcement has been largely well-received and the addition of statistics was one of the most-requested features according to Flickr. However, those who are interested in using the new tool to track where…
CAPTCHAs and the DMCA
Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…
Using .htaccess to Stop Content Theft
Having control over your own server can be a very powerful thing. It enables you to control who can access your site, how they visit it and what they can see. Generally, however, that power is best left unused. For the most part, restricting people’s access to your site is a bad move. Though you…
Tag Archive: hotlinking
Lizzer: A Copyright/Hotlinking Disaster
In the quest to help bloggers locate interesting content to include in their posts, a new company Lizzer has risen to create a service that manages to do more harm than good, causing users to unwittingly hotlink images and infringe copyright.
Why I Embed My Images
I pay good money for my hosting and enjoy rock-solid service (well, semi-solid at least) from a reliable hosting company. Despite running several domains, I am nowhere near my bandwidth limit for my account and am in no danger of going over my allotted 1 TB of bandwidth. I could probably host all of my…
Flickr Misses an Opportunity
Yesterday, Yahoo!’s photo-sharing service Flickr announced that they were now offering their pro users advanced statistics to help them track their photos. The announcement has been largely well-received and the addition of statistics was one of the most-requested features according to Flickr. However, those who are interested in using the new tool to track where…
CAPTCHAs and the DMCA
Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…
Using .htaccess to Stop Content Theft
Having control over your own server can be a very powerful thing. It enables you to control who can access your site, how they visit it and what they can see. Generally, however, that power is best left unused. For the most part, restricting people’s access to your site is a bad move. Though you…
Tag Archive: hotlinking
Lizzer: A Copyright/Hotlinking Disaster
In the quest to help bloggers locate interesting content to include in their posts, a new company Lizzer has risen to create a service that manages to do more harm than good, causing users to unwittingly hotlink images and infringe copyright.
Why I Embed My Images
I pay good money for my hosting and enjoy rock-solid service (well, semi-solid at least) from a reliable hosting company. Despite running several domains, I am nowhere near my bandwidth limit for my account and am in no danger of going over my allotted 1 TB of bandwidth. I could probably host all of my…
Flickr Misses an Opportunity
Yesterday, Yahoo!’s photo-sharing service Flickr announced that they were now offering their pro users advanced statistics to help them track their photos. The announcement has been largely well-received and the addition of statistics was one of the most-requested features according to Flickr. However, those who are interested in using the new tool to track where…
CAPTCHAs and the DMCA
Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…
Using .htaccess to Stop Content Theft
Having control over your own server can be a very powerful thing. It enables you to control who can access your site, how they visit it and what they can see. Generally, however, that power is best left unused. For the most part, restricting people’s access to your site is a bad move. Though you…
Tag Archive: hotlinking
Lizzer: A Copyright/Hotlinking Disaster
In the quest to help bloggers locate interesting content to include in their posts, a new company Lizzer has risen to create a service that manages to do more harm than good, causing users to unwittingly hotlink images and infringe copyright.
Why I Embed My Images
I pay good money for my hosting and enjoy rock-solid service (well, semi-solid at least) from a reliable hosting company. Despite running several domains, I am nowhere near my bandwidth limit for my account and am in no danger of going over my allotted 1 TB of bandwidth. I could probably host all of my…
Flickr Misses an Opportunity
Yesterday, Yahoo!’s photo-sharing service Flickr announced that they were now offering their pro users advanced statistics to help them track their photos. The announcement has been largely well-received and the addition of statistics was one of the most-requested features according to Flickr. However, those who are interested in using the new tool to track where…
CAPTCHAs and the DMCA
Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…
Using .htaccess to Stop Content Theft
Having control over your own server can be a very powerful thing. It enables you to control who can access your site, how they visit it and what they can see. Generally, however, that power is best left unused. For the most part, restricting people’s access to your site is a bad move. Though you…
Tag Archive: hotlinking
Lizzer: A Copyright/Hotlinking Disaster
In the quest to help bloggers locate interesting content to include in their posts, a new company Lizzer has risen to create a service that manages to do more harm than good, causing users to unwittingly hotlink images and infringe copyright.
Why I Embed My Images
I pay good money for my hosting and enjoy rock-solid service (well, semi-solid at least) from a reliable hosting company. Despite running several domains, I am nowhere near my bandwidth limit for my account and am in no danger of going over my allotted 1 TB of bandwidth. I could probably host all of my…
Flickr Misses an Opportunity
Yesterday, Yahoo!’s photo-sharing service Flickr announced that they were now offering their pro users advanced statistics to help them track their photos. The announcement has been largely well-received and the addition of statistics was one of the most-requested features according to Flickr. However, those who are interested in using the new tool to track where…
CAPTCHAs and the DMCA
Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…
Using .htaccess to Stop Content Theft
Having control over your own server can be a very powerful thing. It enables you to control who can access your site, how they visit it and what they can see. Generally, however, that power is best left unused. For the most part, restricting people’s access to your site is a bad move. Though you…
Tag Archive: hotlinking
Lizzer: A Copyright/Hotlinking Disaster
In the quest to help bloggers locate interesting content to include in their posts, a new company Lizzer has risen to create a service that manages to do more harm than good, causing users to unwittingly hotlink images and infringe copyright.
Why I Embed My Images
I pay good money for my hosting and enjoy rock-solid service (well, semi-solid at least) from a reliable hosting company. Despite running several domains, I am nowhere near my bandwidth limit for my account and am in no danger of going over my allotted 1 TB of bandwidth. I could probably host all of my…
Flickr Misses an Opportunity
Yesterday, Yahoo!’s photo-sharing service Flickr announced that they were now offering their pro users advanced statistics to help them track their photos. The announcement has been largely well-received and the addition of statistics was one of the most-requested features according to Flickr. However, those who are interested in using the new tool to track where…
CAPTCHAs and the DMCA
Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…
Using .htaccess to Stop Content Theft
Having control over your own server can be a very powerful thing. It enables you to control who can access your site, how they visit it and what they can see. Generally, however, that power is best left unused. For the most part, restricting people’s access to your site is a bad move. Though you…
Tag Archive: hotlinking
Lizzer: A Copyright/Hotlinking Disaster
In the quest to help bloggers locate interesting content to include in their posts, a new company Lizzer has risen to create a service that manages to do more harm than good, causing users to unwittingly hotlink images and infringe copyright.
Why I Embed My Images
I pay good money for my hosting and enjoy rock-solid service (well, semi-solid at least) from a reliable hosting company. Despite running several domains, I am nowhere near my bandwidth limit for my account and am in no danger of going over my allotted 1 TB of bandwidth. I could probably host all of my…
Flickr Misses an Opportunity
Yesterday, Yahoo!’s photo-sharing service Flickr announced that they were now offering their pro users advanced statistics to help them track their photos. The announcement has been largely well-received and the addition of statistics was one of the most-requested features according to Flickr. However, those who are interested in using the new tool to track where…
CAPTCHAs and the DMCA
Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…
Using .htaccess to Stop Content Theft
Having control over your own server can be a very powerful thing. It enables you to control who can access your site, how they visit it and what they can see. Generally, however, that power is best left unused. For the most part, restricting people’s access to your site is a bad move. Though you…
Tag Archive: hotlinking
Lizzer: A Copyright/Hotlinking Disaster
In the quest to help bloggers locate interesting content to include in their posts, a new company Lizzer has risen to create a service that manages to do more harm than good, causing users to unwittingly hotlink images and infringe copyright.
Why I Embed My Images
I pay good money for my hosting and enjoy rock-solid service (well, semi-solid at least) from a reliable hosting company. Despite running several domains, I am nowhere near my bandwidth limit for my account and am in no danger of going over my allotted 1 TB of bandwidth. I could probably host all of my…
Flickr Misses an Opportunity
Yesterday, Yahoo!’s photo-sharing service Flickr announced that they were now offering their pro users advanced statistics to help them track their photos. The announcement has been largely well-received and the addition of statistics was one of the most-requested features according to Flickr. However, those who are interested in using the new tool to track where…
CAPTCHAs and the DMCA
Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…
Using .htaccess to Stop Content Theft
Having control over your own server can be a very powerful thing. It enables you to control who can access your site, how they visit it and what they can see. Generally, however, that power is best left unused. For the most part, restricting people’s access to your site is a bad move. Though you…
Tag Archive: hotlinking
Lizzer: A Copyright/Hotlinking Disaster
In the quest to help bloggers locate interesting content to include in their posts, a new company Lizzer has risen to create a service that manages to do more harm than good, causing users to unwittingly hotlink images and infringe copyright.
Why I Embed My Images
I pay good money for my hosting and enjoy rock-solid service (well, semi-solid at least) from a reliable hosting company. Despite running several domains, I am nowhere near my bandwidth limit for my account and am in no danger of going over my allotted 1 TB of bandwidth. I could probably host all of my…
Flickr Misses an Opportunity
Yesterday, Yahoo!’s photo-sharing service Flickr announced that they were now offering their pro users advanced statistics to help them track their photos. The announcement has been largely well-received and the addition of statistics was one of the most-requested features according to Flickr. However, those who are interested in using the new tool to track where…
CAPTCHAs and the DMCA
Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…
Using .htaccess to Stop Content Theft
Having control over your own server can be a very powerful thing. It enables you to control who can access your site, how they visit it and what they can see. Generally, however, that power is best left unused. For the most part, restricting people’s access to your site is a bad move. Though you…
Tag Archive: hotlinking
Lizzer: A Copyright/Hotlinking Disaster
In the quest to help bloggers locate interesting content to include in their posts, a new company Lizzer has risen to create a service that manages to do more harm than good, causing users to unwittingly hotlink images and infringe copyright.
Why I Embed My Images
I pay good money for my hosting and enjoy rock-solid service (well, semi-solid at least) from a reliable hosting company. Despite running several domains, I am nowhere near my bandwidth limit for my account and am in no danger of going over my allotted 1 TB of bandwidth. I could probably host all of my…
Flickr Misses an Opportunity
Yesterday, Yahoo!’s photo-sharing service Flickr announced that they were now offering their pro users advanced statistics to help them track their photos. The announcement has been largely well-received and the addition of statistics was one of the most-requested features according to Flickr. However, those who are interested in using the new tool to track where…
CAPTCHAs and the DMCA
Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…
Using .htaccess to Stop Content Theft
Having control over your own server can be a very powerful thing. It enables you to control who can access your site, how they visit it and what they can see. Generally, however, that power is best left unused. For the most part, restricting people’s access to your site is a bad move. Though you…
Tag Archive: hotlinking
Lizzer: A Copyright/Hotlinking Disaster
In the quest to help bloggers locate interesting content to include in their posts, a new company Lizzer has risen to create a service that manages to do more harm than good, causing users to unwittingly hotlink images and infringe copyright.
Why I Embed My Images
I pay good money for my hosting and enjoy rock-solid service (well, semi-solid at least) from a reliable hosting company. Despite running several domains, I am nowhere near my bandwidth limit for my account and am in no danger of going over my allotted 1 TB of bandwidth. I could probably host all of my…
Flickr Misses an Opportunity
Yesterday, Yahoo!’s photo-sharing service Flickr announced that they were now offering their pro users advanced statistics to help them track their photos. The announcement has been largely well-received and the addition of statistics was one of the most-requested features according to Flickr. However, those who are interested in using the new tool to track where…
CAPTCHAs and the DMCA
Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…
Using .htaccess to Stop Content Theft
Having control over your own server can be a very powerful thing. It enables you to control who can access your site, how they visit it and what they can see. Generally, however, that power is best left unused. For the most part, restricting people’s access to your site is a bad move. Though you…
Tag Archive: hotlinking
Lizzer: A Copyright/Hotlinking Disaster
In the quest to help bloggers locate interesting content to include in their posts, a new company Lizzer has risen to create a service that manages to do more harm than good, causing users to unwittingly hotlink images and infringe copyright.
Why I Embed My Images
I pay good money for my hosting and enjoy rock-solid service (well, semi-solid at least) from a reliable hosting company. Despite running several domains, I am nowhere near my bandwidth limit for my account and am in no danger of going over my allotted 1 TB of bandwidth. I could probably host all of my…
Flickr Misses an Opportunity
Yesterday, Yahoo!’s photo-sharing service Flickr announced that they were now offering their pro users advanced statistics to help them track their photos. The announcement has been largely well-received and the addition of statistics was one of the most-requested features according to Flickr. However, those who are interested in using the new tool to track where…
CAPTCHAs and the DMCA
Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…
Using .htaccess to Stop Content Theft
Having control over your own server can be a very powerful thing. It enables you to control who can access your site, how they visit it and what they can see. Generally, however, that power is best left unused. For the most part, restricting people’s access to your site is a bad move. Though you…
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