hotlinking

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noun Internet Directly embedding or linking to a resource on another server, such as an image or video, so that it appears to be part of the linking website — considered a violation of netiquette.

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Also, I had to find out about "hotlinking" -- I never did it, but plenty of people did it to me until I learned how to block that sort of behavior.

Archive 2004-12-05 2004
Also, I had to find out about "hotlinking" -- I never did it, but plenty of people did it to me until I learned how to block that sort of behavior.

Archive 2004-12-05 2004
That's called hotlinking, and via the. htaccess file

doggdot.us 2009
That's called hotlinking, and via the. htaccess file

Blah, Blah! Technology 2009
That's called hotlinking, and via the. htaccess file

Webmaster-Source Alex Denning 2009
You seem to have a great blog, but if you google "hotlinking" I'm sure you'll quickly understand why this practice is held in low regard.

Where In the World Is Sessalee Hensley? fusenumber8 2007
What you've done is called 'hotlinking' and is considered bandwidth theft.

Serr8d's Cutting Edge 2008
All images are subject to copyright as individually indicated and may not be reproduced in any form, including "hotlinking" from external web sites, without prior written consent of the copyright holder

FAZED 2008
The link economy has a set of ethics too, which looks down on certain practices such as hotlinking or copying large chunks of someone’s html.

First, kill the lawyers – before they kill the news « BuzzMachine 2009
How to fix "Doesn't have a default value narqelion has just pointed out to me that this is not in fact a" hotlinking "issue.

phpBB.com 2010