Author Topic: Hotlinking (Read 6314 times)

DeadAwake · « **on:** September 10, 2005, 02:25:47 PM »

From time to time I see a Mario sprite. From time to time, I check to see where it's from. Nine out of ten times, it's linked from here!

Can you spot the hot (link)?

Have you ever thought about doing something?

Koopaslaya · « **Reply #1 on:** September 10, 2005, 04:19:54 PM »

I don't get it.

Johnny thought he was a chemist, but dosen''t any more,
What he thought was H2O was H2SO4!

goodie · « **Reply #2 on:** September 10, 2005, 04:24:30 PM »

He's saying people are hotlinking images from TMK and using up Deezer's bandwidth.

NintendoExpert89 · « **Reply #3 on:** September 10, 2005, 07:24:31 PM »

Found it. It's this image:
http://www.classicgaming.com/tmk/images/ani/ani_smbfireworks.gif
It is being used 17 times.

"My spirit burns like the sun and I shall dry you like a prune."

Edited by - nintendoexpert89 on 9/10/2005 6:27:45 PM

MEGAß¥TE · « **Reply #4 on:** September 10, 2005, 07:34:39 PM »

We don't pay for bandwidth, so hotlinking something like that doesn't bother us so much. When people rip our content without permission and claim it as their own, then we get upset.

Vidgmchtr · « **Reply #5 on:** September 10, 2005, 10:49:24 PM »

Like how Yoshilore has the whole "Tetris A-Hack: From Panel de Pon to Tetris Attack" special and doesn't give you guys credit?

DeadAwake · « **Reply #6 on:** September 11, 2005, 03:33:15 AM »

> We don't pay for bandwidth, so hotlinking something like that doesn't bother us so much.

Yeah, that's what I thought :/

Could you give some examples of stolen, original content? Do you mean people copying image files of scans and whatnot?

DeadAwake · « **Reply #7 on:** September 11, 2005, 03:35:26 AM »

> Found it. It's this image:

> http://www.classicgaming.com/tmk/images/ani/ani_smbfireworks.gif

> It is being used 17 times.

Woah, I didn't even think of that one! There's actually a lot more too...

Koopaslaya · « **Reply #8 on:** September 11, 2005, 07:51:01 AM »

Ohhh, now that I scrolled down, I saw all of that. Heh. I didn't notice any of the images the first time around.

Watoad · « **Reply #9 on:** September 11, 2005, 03:29:34 PM »

An example of stolen content is what Vidgmchtr mentioned: Yoshi Lore's Paneru De Pon that is a slightly plagiarized and mostly copied version of TMK's Tetris "A-Hack": From Paneru De Pon to Tetris Attack.

That was a good find, Vid or whoever originally found it. It's pretty darn shameless for a site as nice-looking as Yoshi Lore (I've never heard of it before, but I think it has a nice look to it).

Interestingly, when I was checking into the above, I accidently ran into TMK's "This is not the secret page."

"Dang, TEM lives in a low-quality area." ~ Lizard Dude

DeadAwake · « **Reply #10 on:** September 11, 2005, 03:36:04 PM »

I see. Would it be okay if they cited? Or, would you rather they just not have the article at all?

Being #1 has it's downsides, I suppose.

Vidgmchtr · « **Reply #11 on:** September 11, 2005, 09:20:04 PM »

Yes, I was the one who found it. I even said it in #tmk a few months ago. No one [from Yoshi Lore] took action for some reason, though.

And I agree, it is a nice website. It's sad that they took stuff from TMK and didn't even give TMK credit.

Edited by - Deezer on 9/11/2005 9:11:41 PM

DeadAwake · « **Reply #12 on:** September 12, 2005, 05:34:30 AM »

Eek! Edited by Deezer.

Trainman · « **Reply #13 on:** September 12, 2005, 07:46:21 AM »

Um, thanks for telling us. I had no idea that Deezer could edit....ever.... not in a million years....nope.... no clue.

DeadAwake · « **Reply #14 on:** September 12, 2005, 10:04:58 AM »

Hey, thanks for the sarcastic remark! I had no idea people over the internet were clever.

DeadAwake · « **Reply #15 on:** September 12, 2005, 10:09:23 AM »

For clarification, my remark about Deezer editing the post was meant to convey surprise that he would--not that he can. I believe Deezer added the phrase in brackets. If so, I don't understand why he wouldn't just reply with the correction rather than edit it into someone's mouth. It just seems meddlesome.

Vidgmchtr · « **Reply #16 on:** September 12, 2005, 12:34:26 PM »

Heh. Oh well. It was edited. I'm pretty much fine with that. I'm pretty sure I won't go insane.

DeadAwake · « **Reply #17 on:** September 12, 2005, 01:22:51 PM »

Yeah, you're right. I guess I was just makin' a big deal...

Watoad · « **Reply #18 on:** September 12, 2005, 05:10:51 PM »

According to Deezer's sense of humor, editing the post was a better and funnier way to convey the message. According to my sense of humor, Deezer was right.

"Dang, TEM lives in a low-quality area." ~ Lizard Dude