The Times is hotlinking images on its website.
The New York Times is hotlinking images on its website. That makes the Times a copyjacker. Copyjacking is a violation of netiquette. Is it a violation of the law? You decide.
Here's the proof.
Shameful.
See also:
- Illegal Feeds And Betting Against The Internet
The clue train has left the station, and most
In which Erik Heels demonstrates that domain names - not diamonds - are forever.
I am an engineer (BSEE from MIT). I have worked with engineers. Engineers share a common feature/bug: they like to be right. And they will go to great lengths to prove that they are right.
I am also a lawyer. I have worked with lawyers. Lawyers, like engineers, like to… [click here to read more]
By George Orwell.
In George Orwell's classic book Nineteen Eighty-Four
(sometimes called "1984"), Winston Smith struggles to cope as a member of the Party where Big Brother sees and knows all and where the past is rewritten to create a fictitious present.
"Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia."
But you don't have to read "Nineteen Eighty-Four" to see revisionist… [click here to read more]
Ironically, the Freakonomics blog about economics appears to be having economic difficulty.
Freakonomics Needs Money!
Help save Freakonomics. They need money and can no longer afford to purchase stock photography. At least this is what I conclude based on today's post, which appears to have borrowed a copyrighted image from another site without attribution or purchase. (I called the vendor, who reported no sale to… [click here to read more]
Add photos to your blog to boost readership.
Conventional blogger wisdom says that adding photos to your blog posts is one way to increase readership.
But where can you find photos, graphics, or other images for your website?
Option 1. You could just search Google Images and copy any found image to your blog. You could, but such use… [click here to read more]
Funny movie clips from the 2000s.
Social networking sites MySpace and Facebook asked me to list my favorite movies. It only took me 41 years, but here's my list.
I started with Wikipedia's list of films by year. I added links to Amazon (because this list is primarily for me, and I'd like to buy all of these eventually). I looked at IMDB for quotable quotes (or just… [click here to read more]
Funny movie clips from the 1990s.
Social networking sites MySpace and Facebook asked me to list my favorite movies. It only took me 41 years, but here's my list.
I started with Wikipedia's list of films by year. I added links to Amazon (because this list is primarily for me, and I'd like to buy all of these eventually). I looked at IMDB for quotable quotes (or just… [click here to read more]
Funny movie clips from the 1980s.
Social networking sites MySpace and Facebook asked me to list my favorite movies. It only took me 41 years, but here's my list.
I started with Wikipedia's list of films by year. I added links to Amazon (because this list is primarily for me, and I'd like to buy all of these eventually). I looked at IMDB for quotable quotes (or just… [click here to read more]
Funny movie clips from the 1970s.
Social networking sites MySpace and Facebook asked me to list my favorite movies. It only took me 41 years, but here's my list.
I started with Wikipedia's list of films by year. I added links to Amazon (because this list is primarily for me, and I'd like to buy all of these eventually). I looked at IMDB for quotable quotes (or just… [click here to read more]
Plus how to detect hotlinked images.
My blog is a work in progress. I have long-term and short-term projects. I recently completed a long overdue project. I wrote to United Media, the publisher of the Dilbert comic strip, to request permission to reprint a Dilbert comic that I blogged about a couple of years ago. (See Musician Loses Job Due
