Picture Poaching

Post by **eddiecanuck** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 11:00 am

Okay, so with Jester setting up the stats thing, I'm noticing that people are linking to pictures off my site. The thing that chaps me is that I'm getting no credit for hosting it. Some dude is even using it as his avatar on another forum. Now maybe I'm going overboard here, so help keep me grounded if you think so, hence the poll. I don't mind so much the person that used it in a post, if they were to say where they are linking it from. But the guy using it as his avatar, c'mon. I was wondering why the hits on my stat page were in the 1200 range and the page has only been collecting for a couple days.
I've posted a warning on my blog for those offenders, but I know it probably won't get read. So I'm thinking of replacing the pic with a warning or a really nasty picture. Not sure which. What do you all think?

Rocketdork · Post by **Rocketdork** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 12:04 pm

DO IT!

Replace it with something totally repulsive...rotten.com has enough stuff that will turn your stomach.

AsaJay · Post by **AsaJay** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 12:41 pm

Eddie, your site looks really nice now, very cool.

I think you should change the file -right now-, without any warnings. The rant was nice, and I'm sure some folks will read it, but the person who is currently snarfing it, won't read it and won't care.

Yesterday, I saw a decal on the back of a car, it was a b/w shot of Mickey Mouse flipping the bird. I've always kind of thought that was funny, in a private kind of way. Seeing it like that, on the back of a car, just kind of triggered that road rage response. (I wasn't driving though

Okay, so what was the relevence there? Just replace the pic now, and rename the original file and modify the linkage on your website to point to the old file, while the jerk-off continues to link the nasty-gram for a while, then yank the replacement photo.

OH OH. . . . I know, you could do a strictly TEXT image. Something like:

This avatar is being linked from <your URL here> and will disappear in x days.

Or some such scathing nonesense.

just my two cents.

Post by **eddiecanuck** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 12:45 pm

I'm severly leaning that way believe me. Nobody I have talked to has thought differently. The problem now is what picture to use. Since they like spidey so much, I've thought about this one (warning, guy naked).
What do you think?

Rocketdork · Post by **Rocketdork** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 1:01 pm

Do it, do it now...but something MUCH more tastless.

Moxie · Post by **Moxie** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 1:51 pm

You wouldn't want their little friends to think they were clever. Use something gross and lame so the people who see them using it will lose respect for them.

Eve · Post by **Eve** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 2:14 pm

or something like, "this picture appears on this site through stolen bandwidth of the copyrighted owner" or something like that

Post by **eddiecanuck** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 2:15 pm

Well it's done, took me a while to decide which pic to use but I've switched it. I couldn't find a link to it in the forum so I haven't changed anything here.
To see the results go here about half way down. Look at the avatars and look for Thy Master
And then here

On both, make sure nobody is looking that you might get in trouble with, bosses, kids, etc.

Jester · Post by **Jester** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 2:32 pm

HAHAHAH! That F'ing rocks!!

Post by **eddiecanuck** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 4:18 pm

well, the person using it in their post just removed it. That didn't take long

The guy with the avatar hasn't noticed yet.

AsaJay · Post by **AsaJay** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 4:54 pm

Dude, that was harsh, yet appropriate. It would be great if the person caught some serious crap from fellow posters online.

Post by **eddiecanuck** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 4:59 pm

yeah, I was a little concerned with crossing "the line" so to speak. But then I figured, that's the chance you take linking to someone else's stuff and using their bandwidth.
I also did a Google search for the picture to see if I was affecting anyone that merely linked back to the the picture as opposed to using the image on a site/post. Didn't find any. You wanna see something funny though? At least I thought it was. Found a post from the avatar guy that is a hell of a lot funnier with the new pic.

Look for Thy Master's post about half way down

Again I thought it was funny, but that's me.

bugfreezer · Post by **bugfreezer** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 5:29 pm

Funny how ThyMaster's rank is "New Member"....

:Bad Bugz, BAD!

Rocketdork · Post by **Rocketdork** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 5:50 pm

Awesome...you rock Eddie!

Moxie · Post by **Moxie** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 7:29 pm

perfect

Picture Poaching

Should I replace the picture with something nasty?

Picture Poaching