Loran, Thanks for the tip about the Apache server...That is a fantastic preventative measure...fantastic....
Oh, I forgot to tell the outcome of the situation where my auction pictures were linked to and thereby stolen..... Once I noticed the problem, I reported it to eBay and quickly made a second copy of my pictures and renamed them. Then, of course, I edited the ad to reference the new pictures. After that, I found a mug shot at the LAPD website of a certain King of Pop. I made several copies of it and named each with the original referenced names so that rather than my product appearing in a bogus listing, many, many mug shots of the King of Pop were displayed instead. eBay removed the ad about 3 days later...They ARE faster nowadays..... -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 5:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Preventing linking to your site One of the funniest ways I saw someone "get even" with someone who was linking to his site was substituting the photo on his site that was being used. The new "photo" the person put up was a message that said something like "this auction is a fraud and you should not bid." Needless to say, the seller stopped linking to the site pretty quickly... -- "Loran T. Hughes" <[email protected]> wrote: If your website is on an Apache web server, you can prevent people from "hotlinking" the photos directly from your site. See http:// altlab.com/htaccess_tutorial.html. Following the watermark theme, once you get your auction started, replace the photos with watermarked pics which include the auction number (and maybe your ID, if room). _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list [email protected] Phono-L Archive http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ Support Phono-L http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.5/403 - Release Date: 7/28/2006
