the joy of bandwidth theft
Hotlinking (aka bandwidth theft) is generally more annoying than amusing. But this time I had to chuckle: bandwidth theft and copyright breach by a company with ties to the legal industry (InTouch Legal). Good thing they help the lawyers, I'd be worried if they were lawyers.
You know, I'm pretty sure Eric is ready to go mobile. [View the original post if you're curious.]
The mission statement is definitely amusing: The Mission of InTouch Legal is to provide outstanding technology and management solutions to the legal community while developing extraordinary client relationships through integrity and accountability.
Integrity and accountability, eh?
So what do you do when you find that someone is piping your image out on their newsletter? The temptations are endless, but in the end I've opted for simplicity.
I think prospective clients of InTouch can make up their own minds about their integrity and accountability.
Labels: .htaccess, bandwidth theft, copyright, hotlinking
Serves you right for being so SE optimised :)
Looks like InTouch has thwarted your attempt to thwart their attempt to steal your images. They've updated the link...
If you view my post first it usually caches - it's an interesting side effect of using .htaccess to stop hotlinking.
When I view the page I still see your 'copyright image' message.