Comments on: What About When The Credentialed Media Uses Photos Wrongly? http://mccainblogs.com/2008/03/15/what-about-when-the-credentialed-media-uses-photos-wrongly/ Blogging for a McCain Victory! Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:34:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: William Teach http://mccainblogs.com/2008/03/15/what-about-when-the-credentialed-media-uses-photos-wrongly/#comment-100 William Teach Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:43:21 +0000 http://mccainblogs.com/2008/03/15/what-about-when-the-credentialed-media-uses-photos-wrongly/#comment-100 I'll be honest, Al, hotlinking is a huge no no in the blogosphere, especially if it is to other bloggers. What you are doing is running up their bandwidth, which people pay for. I’ll be honest, Al, hotlinking is a huge no no in the blogosphere, especially if it is to other bloggers. What you are doing is running up their bandwidth, which people pay for.

]]> By: Al Czervic http://mccainblogs.com/2008/03/15/what-about-when-the-credentialed-media-uses-photos-wrongly/#comment-97 Al Czervic Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:37:50 +0000 http://mccainblogs.com/2008/03/15/what-about-when-the-credentialed-media-uses-photos-wrongly/#comment-97 If you don't download the photo, and instead hotlink it, then you are not technically publishing the photo, you are,like a directory, directing your browser to the copywrite holders site. You are not 'stealing' the photo, you are saying 'look here --it's over here'. If they don't like hotlinking, too bad. Your are in fact driving traffic to their site, which is a good thing. AP is talking out their collective rumps on this issue, which is liberal driven, of course. I'll continue to hotlink, and if it's criticism they want, I'll be glad to criticise their composition, lighting, focus, etc. Another point I might add: If they send something to your computer, it's yours. It sits in your cache by their implicit permission and appears on your screen because they want it to. If they wanted to protect the pic, they could always send it via encrypted password, where you had to log in and abide by TOS to get the picture. I'll continue to hotlink any/all photos I desire. And if the copywrite holders don't like it, they can sue. As I don't take any money, they'd be hard pressed to get damages. Which they'd have to proved in order to sue! A pox on the AP. Al Czervic Editor The Catskill Commentator www.catskillcommentator.com If you don’t download the photo, and instead hotlink it, then you are not technically publishing the photo, you are,like a directory, directing your browser to the copywrite holders site. You are not ’stealing’ the photo, you are saying ‘look here –it’s over here’.

If they don’t like hotlinking, too bad. Your are in fact driving traffic to their site, which is a good thing.

AP is talking out their collective rumps on this issue, which is liberal driven, of course.

I’ll continue to hotlink, and if it’s criticism they want, I’ll be glad to criticise their composition, lighting, focus, etc.

Another point I might add: If they send something to your computer, it’s yours. It sits in your cache by their implicit permission and appears on your screen because they want it to. If they wanted to protect the pic, they could always send it via encrypted password, where you had to log in and abide by TOS to get the picture.

I’ll continue to hotlink any/all photos I desire.
And if the copywrite holders don’t like it, they can sue. As I don’t take any money, they’d be hard pressed to get damages. Which they’d have to proved in order to sue!

A pox on the AP.

Al Czervic
Editor
The Catskill Commentator
http://www.catskillcommentator.com

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