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1. adb
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #

   Is there a way to protect images so that people can't host them from your site? Any help is appreciated.

2. Mark (podz)
   Support Maven
   Posted 7 years ago #

   Clockwatchers :)
   http://www.clockwatchers.com/htaccess_images.html

3. Mark (podz)
   Support Maven
   Posted 7 years ago #

   This has a tester too, just so you can be sure:
   http://altlab.com/hotlinking.html

4. adb
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #

   podz, you are my hero! Thanks!

5. carthik
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #

   Added to the FAQ.
   Thanks.

6. adb
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #

   Ok, I used the code and my images appear when viewing my site on Firefox, but they don't appear on IE. Is there any way around this?

7. lawtai
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #

   would thi prevent people from downloading pics from a photo gallery?

8. Mark (podz)
   Support Maven
   Posted 7 years ago #

   No.
   You can use a trick involving a 1*1 transparent gif so that if someone right clicks and "Saves as" they will get an empty image, but even so, they can View Source and find the real URL.

9. Mark (podz)
   Support Maven
   Posted 7 years ago #

   Info on that trick here:
   http://www.isdntek.com/noclick.htm

10. Mark (podz)
    Support Maven
    Posted 7 years ago #

    And how timely is this article ?
    http://alistapart.com/articles/hotlinking/

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