Why Is Imageshack Disabling Hotlinking?

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  1. Jun 18, 2005 at 5:12 AM #1
    Dingers

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    Hmm, ImageShack has now blocked this site for using hotlinking or something, what the?
     
  2. Jun 18, 2005 at 5:15 AM #2
    VEXTA

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    no idea mate, but i dont use that ---- hole anymore.

    i use the good old http://www.picsplace.to/

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    times better :P
     
  3. Jun 18, 2005 at 7:09 AM #3
    Majin

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    lol if its so much better i think i'll take a look vexta
     
  4. Jun 18, 2005 at 1:20 PM #4
    A101Sugar

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    hmm.. either way I still like Imageshack.
     
  5. Jun 18, 2005 at 1:23 PM #5
    FM Lawlhalla

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    imageschack is bad..
    and they deisbled gamerenders, because of the bandwith we use.
     
  6. Jun 18, 2005 at 1:23 PM #6
    UV Moose

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    Hmmm, if they stop us from doing that, it means that this place has been using Imageshack too much... dam, and it's a b--ch to use another image hoster too
     
  7. Jun 18, 2005 at 1:28 PM #7
    FM Lawlhalla

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    well i host my own things anyway
     
  8. Jun 18, 2005 at 1:46 PM #8
    echoepidemic

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    I don't understand...
     
  9. Jun 18, 2005 at 1:48 PM #9
    FM Lawlhalla

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    they did it with

    "fok forum" to

    if some site uses to many bandwith
    they just close it
     
  10. Jun 18, 2005 at 1:48 PM #10
    echoepidemic

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    My sig looks fine.
     
  11. Jun 18, 2005 at 1:51 PM #11
    Scratch.

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    lol yea i can see uploaded images on imageshack if i put them here lol
     
  12. Jun 18, 2005 at 2:06 PM #12
    FM Lawlhalla

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    since now, you cant add imageshack sigs i believe
     
  13. Jun 18, 2005 at 2:09 PM #13
    UV Moose

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    That's what I thought, then edited my two sigs in my signature, and I see them fine... oh well, it'll happen eventually
     
  14. Jun 18, 2005 at 2:11 PM #14
    Knif3d

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    Yea...I still like ImageShack though
     

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